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Gutter

see synonyms of gutter

Noun

1. gutter, trough

a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater

2. gutter, sewer, toilet

misfortune resulting in lost effort or money

Example Sentences:
'his career was in the gutter'
'all that work went down the sewer'
'pensions are in the toilet'

3. gutter

a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.)

4. gutter

a tool for gutting fish

Verb

5. gutter

burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker

Example Sentences:
'The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground'

6. gutter

flow in small streams

Example Sentences:
'Tears guttered down her face'

7. gutter

wear or cut gutters into

Example Sentences:
'The heavy rain guttered the soil'

8. gutter

provide with gutters

Example Sentences:
'gutter the buildings'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gutter

see synonyms of gutter
verb
10. (transitive)
to make gutters in
11. (intransitive)
to flow in a stream or rivulet
12. (intransitive)
(of a candle) to melt away by the wax forming channels and running down in drops
13. (intransitive)
(of a flame) to flicker and be about to go out
noun
1. 
a channel along the eaves or on the roof of a building, used to collect and carry away rainwater
2. 
a channel running along the kerb or the centre of a road to collect and carry away rainwater
3. 
a trench running beside a canal lined with clay puddle
4. 
either of the two channels running parallel to a tenpin bowling lane
5. printing
a. 
the space between two pages in a forme
b. 
the white space between the facing pages of an open book
c. 
the space between two columns of type
6. 
the space left between stamps on a sheet in order to separate them
7. surfing
a dangerous deep channel formed by currents and waves
8. Australian
(in gold-mining) the channel of a former watercourse that is now a vein of gold
9.  the gutter

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Gutter

see synonyms of gutter
noun
1. 
a trough or channel along or under the eaves of a roof, to carry off rain water
2. 
a narrow channel along the side of a road or street, to carry off water, as to a sewer
3. 
a place or state of living characterized by filth, poverty, squalor, etc.
4. 
a channel or groove like a gutter, as the groove on either side of a bowling alley
5. 
the adjoining inner margins of two facing pages in a book, magazine, etc.
verb transitive
6. 
to furnish with gutters; make gutters in
verb intransitive
7. 
to flow in a stream
8. 
to melt rapidly so that the wax runs down the side in channels
said of a candle

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Gutter

see synonyms of gutter
n.
1. A channel at the edge of a street or road for carrying off surface water.
2. A trough fixed under or along the eaves for draining rainwater from a roof. Also called regionally eaves trough, rainspout, spouting.
3. A furrow or groove formed by running water.
4. A trough or channel for carrying something off, such as that on either side of a bowling alley or that almost level with the water in some swimming pools.
5. Printing The white space formed by the inner margins of two facing pages, as of a book.
6. A degraded and squalid class or state of human existence.
v. gut·tered, gut·ter·ing, gut·ters
v.tr.
1. To form gutters or furrows in: Heavy rain guttered the hillside.
2. To provide with gutters.
v.intr.
1. To flow in channels or rivulets: Rainwater guttered along the curb.
2. To melt away through the side of the hollow formed by a burning wick. Used of a candle.
3. To burn low and unsteadily; flicker: The flame guttered in the lamp.
adj.
Vulgar, sordid, or unprincipled: gutter language; the gutter press.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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