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- pronunciation:
- guh
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- parts of speech:
- noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a shallow channel or trough for draining water, as under the eaves of a roof or along the edge of a road or street.
The gutters are filled with leaves and need to be cleaned out.- similar words:
- gully
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| definition 2: |
a furrow or trough hollowed out by running water.
- similar words:
- gully
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| definition 3: |
the sunken trough on each side of a bowling alley.
The ball rolled straight into the gutter. |
| definition 4: |
an environment characterized by degradation or immorality.
I was a drug addict, and I lived in the gutter.In that skirt, you look like you're from the gutter. |
| definition 5: |
the inner margins between facing pages of a book.
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| related words: |
launder, overflow |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
gutters, guttering, guttered |
| definition 1: |
to flow in rivulets or small streams.
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| definition 2: |
of a candle, to drain off the melted wax from the hollow formed around the burning wick through a channel formed at the edge of the hollow.
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| definition 3: |
to flicker or burn low, as a candle or lamp with a wick.
The candle guttered and finally went out.- antonyms:
- flare
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| related words: |
waver |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to make grooves or channels in.
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| definition 2: |
to provide a gutter or gutters for.
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