wady
noun
wadi.
wadies
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pluralof wady.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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To trap even more water, the Naba-taeans built good-sized stone dams across the larger wadies; they cut channels along hilltops to divert water to fields that could use it best.
From Time Magazine Archive
It does not sink into the hard ground; it pours into the dry wadies, sometimes foaming all the way to the Mediterranean.
From Time Magazine Archive
A British protectorate since 1839, Aden is a sun-scorched moonscape of thrusting volcanic mountains and rock-strewn wadies.
From Time Magazine Archive
The basic Nabataean trick was to throw stone walls across the wadies to delay flash floods.
From Time Magazine Archive
To join his column with all honor to himself, he had to work back over the wadies he had crossed and circle the gardens that stood in his way.
From The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem by Frank X. Leyendecker
