Definition of "swale"
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A low tract of moist or marshy land.
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A long narrow and shallow trough between ridges on a beach, running parallel to the coastline.
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A shallow troughlike depression that's created to carry water during rainstorms or snow melts; a drainage ditch.
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A shallow, usually grassy depression sloping downward from a plains upland meadow or level vegetated ridgetop.
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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.
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A gutter in a candle.
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