Definition of swales Swales
/swejˈlz/ - [sweylz] -
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What does swales mean?
Wiktionary 
- swales (Noun)
Plural of swale.
WordNet
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| swale - a low area (especially a marshy area between ridges) |
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Wiktionary
- swale (Noun)
A low tract of moist or marshy land. - swale (Noun)
A long narrow and shallow trough between ridges on a beach, running parallel to the coastline. - swale (Noun)
A shallow troughlike depression that's created to carry water during rainstorms or snow melts; a drainage ditch. - swale (Noun)
A shallow, usually grassy depression sloping downward from a plains upland meadow or level vegetated ridgetop. - swale (Noun)
A shallow trough dug into the land on contour horizontally with no slope. Its purpose being to allow water time to percolate into the soil. - swale (Noun)
A gutter in a candle.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- swale (n.)
A valley or low place; a tract of low, and usually wet, land; a moor; a fen. - swale (v. i. & t.)
To melt and waste away; to singe. See Sweal, v. - swale (n.)
A gutter in a candle.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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swāl, n. a shady spot: a lower tract of rolling prairie
