gutter
Nouns
- (n) a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater trough,
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(n) 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
- (n) a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.)
- (n) a tool for gutting fish
Verbs
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(v) burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker
- The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground
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(v) flow in small streams
- Tears guttered down her face
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(v) wear or cut gutters into
- The heavy rain guttered the soil
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(v) provide with gutters
- gutter the buildings