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rill

UK
/rɪl/
US
/rɪl/

Translations

rillnoun
rills
pl
UK
/rɪl/
US
/rɪl/
The children splashed in the rill that ran through the meadow.
Les enfants pataugeaient dans le ruisseau qui traversait la prairie.
Additional translations
rigoleSurtout pour un petit canal artificiel d’irrigation ou de drainage.
Synonyms
stream
brook
channel
watercourse
creek
rillverb
rilled
Past Simple
rilled
Past Participle
rilling
Gerund
UK
/rɪl/
US
/rɪl/
After the rain, water began to rill down the hillside.
Après la pluie, l’eau s’est mise à ruisseler le long de la colline.
Additional translations
ravinerSurtout pour un sol ou une surface entamés par de petits chenaux.
Synonyms
course
dribble
seep
run
flow
stream
trickle
rilladjective
more rill
Comp.
most rill
Super.
Attributive use (e.g., "rill erosion", "rill patterns")
en rigolesGéologie ; se dit d’une surface marquée par de petites rigoles d’écoulement.
The hillside showed severe rill erosion after the storm.
La colline présentait une forte érosion en rigoles après la tempête.

Definitions

rillnoun
A small stream or brook.
The children splashed in the rill that ran through the meadow.
A small channel or watercourse, often artificially made, for irrigation or drainage.
The farmer dug a rill to direct water to his crops.
rillverb
To flow in a small stream.
After the rain, water began to rill down the hillside.
To cut or erode into small channels or grooves.
Runoff rilled the bare soil, leaving tiny gullies behind.
rilladjective
Relating to or characterized by small channels or streamlets formed by flowing water.
The hillside showed severe rill erosion after the storm.
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