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1. (n.) gutter
a channel at the side or in the middle of a road, for leading off surface water.
2. gutter
a channel at the eaves or on the roof of a building, for carrying off rain water.
3. gutter
any channel, trough, or furrow for carrying off fluid.
4. gutter
the sunken channel along either side of a bowling alley.
5. gutter
the state or abode of those who live in degradation, squalor, etc.:
rose from the gutter to a position of prominence.
6. gutter
the white space formed by the inner margins of two facing pages in a bound book, magazine, or newspaper.
7. (v.i.) gutter
to flow in streams.
8. gutter
(of a candle) to lose molten wax accumulated in a hollow space around the wick.
9. gutter
(of a lamp or candle flame) to burn low or to be blown so as to be nearly extinguished.
10. gutter
to form gutters, as water does.
11. (v.t.) gutter
to make gutters in; channel.
12. gutter
to furnish with a gutter or gutters.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME gutter, goter < AF goutiere der. of goutte drop (see gout ))
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| Definition of 'gutter' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) gutter, trough
a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
2. (noun) gutter, sewer, toilet
misfortune resulting in lost effort or money
"his career was in the gutter"; "all that work went down the sewer"; "pensions are in the toilet"
3. (noun) gutter
a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.)
4. (verb) gutter
a tool for gutting fish
5. (verb) gutter
burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker
"The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground"
6. (verb) gutter
flow in small streams
"Tears guttered down her face"
7. (verb) gutter
wear or cut gutters into
"The heavy rain guttered the soil"
8. (verb) gutter
provide with gutters
"gutter the buildings"
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1. (noun) gutter
a half tube along the edge of a roof that water runs into
leaves stuck in the gutter
2. gutter
a low area at the edge of a road that water runs into
garbage filling up the gutters
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| Definition of 'gutter' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) gutter
a channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough
2. (noun) gutter
a small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off surface water
3. (noun) gutter
any narrow channel or groove; as, a gutter formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing
4. (verb) gutter
to cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel
5. (verb) gutter
to supply with a gutter or gutters
6. (verb) gutter
to become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the wind
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| Definitions of 'gutter' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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gutter
The Lourdes of the puritanical mind, where it finds what it seeks.
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Sense: a channel for carrying away water, especially at the edge of a road or roof
The gutters are flooded with water.
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 Afrikaans: geut, sloot, riool |
 Arabic: قَناة مائِيّة على جانِب ا |
 Bulgarian: канавка |
 Brazilian: sarjeta |
 Czech: strouha; okap |
 German: die Dachrinne |
 Danish: tagrende |
 Greek: ρείθρο, λούκι |
 Spanish: arroyo, cuneta, canal, ca |
 Estonian: rentsel, renn |
 Farsi: ناودان؛ آبرو |
 Finnish: viemäri |
 French: gouttière; caniveau |
 Hebrew: מַרזֵב |
 Hindi: नाली |
 Croatian: kanal,žlijeb |
 Hungarian: (esővíz)csatorna |
 Indonesian: selokan |
 Icelandic: ræsi |
 Italian: grondaia |
 Japanese: 側溝 |
 Korean: (도로의 배수용) 도랑, 시궁창, 배수구 |
 Lithuanian: lietvamzdis, latakas |
 Latvian: notekcaurule |
 Malay: longkang |
 Dutch: goot; dakgoot |
 Norwegian: rennestein, takrenne |
 Polish: ściek, rynna |
 Persian: ناودان؛ آبرو |
 Pashto: لښتى دناولو اوبو |
 Portuguese: sarjeta |
 Romanian: jgheab; canal |
 Russian: водосточная канава |
 Slovak: odkvapová rúra |
 Slovenian: obcestni jarek |
 Serbian: slivnik |
 Swedish: rännsten, avloppsränna, t |
 Thai: รางน้ำ |
 Turkish: oluk, yağmur oluğu |
 Taiwanese: 排水溝 |
 Ukrainian: жолоб; ринва |
 Urdu: پانی کی نکاسی کی نالی |
 Vietnamese: rãnh nước |
 Chinese: 排水沟 |
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