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Definition of Gutter
1. Verb. Burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker. "The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground"
2. Noun. A channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater.
Generic synonyms: Channel
Specialized synonyms: Chute, Slide, Slideway, Sloping Trough, Cullis
Group relationships: Gable Roof, Saddle Roof, Saddleback, Saddleback Roof
3. Verb. Flow in small streams. "Tears guttered down her face"
4. Noun. Misfortune resulting in lost effort or money. "Pensions are in the toilet"
5. Verb. Wear or cut gutters into. "The heavy rain guttered the soil"
6. Noun. A worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.).
7. Verb. Provide with gutters. "Gutter the buildings"
8. Noun. A tool for gutting fish.
Definition of Gutter
1. n. A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough.
2. v. t. To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel.
3. v. i. To become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the wind.
Definition of Gutter
1. Noun. A ditch along the side of a road. ¹
2. Noun. A duct or channel beneath the eaves of a building to carry rain water; eavestrough. ¹
3. Noun. A grooves down the sides of a bowling lane. ¹
4. Noun. A large groove (commonly behind animals) in a barn used for the collection and removal of animal excrement. ¹
5. Noun. A space between printed columns of text. ¹
6. Noun. Something distasteful or morally questionable. ¹
7. Noun. (British) A drainage channel ¹
8. Noun. (philately) an unprinted space between rows of stamps. ¹
9. Noun. The part of a street meant for vehicles. ¹
10. Adjective. suitable for the gutter; vulgar, disreputable ¹
11. Verb. to flow or stream; to form gutters (defdate from late 14th c.) ¹
12. Verb. (context: of a candle) to melt away or fail from becoming channeled on one side (defdate from early 18th c.) ¹
13. Verb. (context: of a small flame) to flicker as if about to be extinguished ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gutter
1. to form channels for draining off water [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Gutter
1. 1. A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough. 2. A small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off surface water. "Gutters running with ale." (Macaulay) 3. Any narrow channel or groove; as, a gutter formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing. Gutter member, one of the pieces of furniture which separate pages in a form. Origin: OE. Gotere, OF. Goutiere, F. Gouttiere, fr. OF. Gote, goute, drop, F. Goutte, fr. L. Gutta. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gutter
Literary usage of Gutter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"Meto] gutter on stone wall-cornice. length and larger subdivisions being marked
by pieces of ... gutter. A channel, trough, or like contrivance to receive ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Stops in a gutter should be avoided. Where the stream is small, ... The leading
gutter should continually decrease in- size from the placo where the first ..."
3. The Law of Contracts by William Herbert Page (1922)
"The combined curb and gutter will be constructed on this foundation in rigid forms of
... Thin metal plates will be used to divide the curb and gutter into ..."
4. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"B. To gutter, vn 1. To do any tiling in a dirty or slovenly way, Ang., apparently
from gutter», qv It also implies the idea of ..."
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