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Gutter

Gutter Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Gutter? [n] a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater [v] provide with gutters, of buildings [v] wear or cut gutters into; "The heavy rain guttered the soil" [v] flow in small streams; "Tears guttered down her face" [v] burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker; "The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Gutter: trough Related Terms \| Find terms related to Gutter: aqueduct \| beat \| beneath one \| bicker \| broad \| canal \| canalization \| channel \| cheap \| chute \| cloaca \| cloaca maxima \| coarse \| crimp \| cut \| dance \| debasing \| degrading \| demeaning \| deplorable \| dike \| disgraceful \| ditch \| drain \| earthy \| eaves trough \| entrenchment \| flap \| flick \| flicker \| flip \| flit \| flitter \| flop \| flutter \| fosse \| frank \| go pitapat \| goffer \| gross \| guide \| ha-ha \| headchute \| humiliating \| humiliative \| infra dig \| infra indignitatem \| kennel \| low \| moat \| opprobrious \| outrageous \| palpitate \| penstock \| pentrough \| piscina \| pitiful \| pitter-patter \| pleat \| pulse \| rank \| raw \| sad \| scandalous \| scupper \| sewer \| shameful \| shocking \| shoot \| sink \| slat \| sluice \| sorry \| sough \| splutter \| sputter \| sump \| sunk fence \| throb \| too bad \| trench \| trough \| unbecoming \| uncouth \| unworthy of one \| vulgar \| wave \| waver See Also \| burn \| cater \| chute \| conduit \| course \| cullis \| dig into \| flow \| gable roof \| glow \| ply \| poke into \| probe \| provide \| run \| saddle roof \| saddleback \| saddleback roof \| slide \| slideway \| sloping trough \| supply Gutter In Webster's Dictionary \Gut"ter\, n. [OE. gotere, OF. goutiere, F. goutti[`e]re, fr. OF. gote, goute, drop, F. goutte, fr. L. gutta.] 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} (Arch.), an architectural member made by treating the outside face of the gutter in a decorative fashion, or by crowning it with ornaments, regularly spaced, like a diminutive battlement. {Gutter plane}, a carpenter's plane with a rounded bottom for planing out gutters. {Gutter snipe}, a neglected boy running at large; a street Arab. [Slang] {Gutter stick} (Printing), one of the pieces of furniture which separate pages in a form. \Gut*ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Guttered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Guttering}.] 1. To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel. --Shak. 2. To supply with a gutter or gutters. [R.] --Dryden. \Gut"ter\, v. i. To become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the wind.

Gutter Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gutter?

[n] a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
[v] provide with gutters, of buildings
[v] wear or cut gutters into; "The heavy rain guttered the soil"
[v] flow in small streams; "Tears guttered down her face"
[v] burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker; "The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Gutter: trough

Gutter In Webster's Dictionary

\Gut"ter\, n. [OE. gotere, OF. goutiere, F. goutti[`e]re,
fr. OF. gote, goute, drop, F. goutte, fr. L. gutta.]
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} (Arch.), an architectural member made by
   treating the outside face of the gutter in a decorative
   fashion, or by crowning it with ornaments, regularly
   spaced, like a diminutive battlement.

{Gutter plane}, a carpenter's plane with a rounded bottom for
   planing out gutters.

{Gutter snipe}, a neglected boy running at large; a street
   Arab. [Slang]



{Gutter stick} (Printing), one of the pieces of furniture
   which separate pages in a form.


\Gut*ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Guttered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Guttering}.]
1. To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to
   channel. --Shak.

2. To supply with a gutter or gutters. [R.] --Dryden.


\Gut"ter\, v. i.
To become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the
wind.

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