أُخْدُودٌ

A furrow, trench, or channel, in the ground; (S, A, K;) as also ↓ خَدٌّ (A, K) and ↓ خُدَّةٌ: (K:) a deep trench in the ground; as also ↓ خَدٌّ: applied in the Qur'an, 85:4 to a deep trench into which, it being filled with fire, some believers in the true God were cast by some idolaters among whom they dwelt: (TA:) a hole, hollow, cavity, pit, or the like, dug, or excavated; (Msb;) as also ↓ خُدَّةٌ: (S:) plural أَخَادِيدُ: (A, Msb:) the plural of ↓ خَدٌّ is خُدُودٌ; (A;) and the plural of ↓ خُدَّةٌ is خُدَدٌ. (TA.)

A rivulet, or streamlet; synonym جَدْوَلٌ; (Msb;) as also ↓ خَدٌّ; (L, K;) of which the plural [of pauc.] is أَخِدَّةٌ, contr. to rule; and of mult. خِدَادٌ and خِدَّانٌ. (L.)

أَخَادِيدُ and ↓ خَدَدٌ [the latter probably a mistranscription for خُدَدٌ, plural of ↓ خُدَّةٌ,] The main or middle parts, or open or obvious tracks, (شَرَك,) of a road: (L:) [because furrowed by the feet of beasts and men.]

أَخَادِيدُ الأَرْشِيَةِ The furrows, or grooves, of wellropes, in a well; made by drawing them. (L.)

أَخَادِيدُ السِّيَاطِ The marks of whips; (K;) the furrows made by whips upon the back. (L.)

ضَرْبَةٌ أُخْدُودٌ, (S,) or ضَرْبَةُ أُخْدُودٍ, (so in a copy of the A,) (tropical:) A blow, or stroke, or beating, that furrows the skin. (S, A, * TA.)