Definition of "gouges" []

• Plural form of gouge. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gouge. (verb)

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• "Favorable conditions for trapping the oil may be furnished by impervious clay "gouges" along fault planes, or by dikes of igneous rock."
• "Tools with small surfaces, such as gouges and dots, must not be worked too heavily, or the surface of the leather may be cut."
• "Ulcers are from deeper "gouges," or from invasion / infection of a more superficial injury by bacteria or another pathogen (fungus for example)."