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gutter

('g/@/t/@/r )

a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
trough

source: wordnet30
misfortune resulting in lost effort or money(noun.state)

Example:
His career was in the gutter.

Synonym:
sewer, toilet

source: wordnet30
a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.)(noun.person)

source: wordnet30
a tool for gutting fish(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough.(noun)

source: webster1913

burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker(verb.weather)

Example:
The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground.

source: wordnet30
flow in small streams(verb.motion)

Example:
Tears guttered down her face.

source: wordnet30
wear or cut gutters into(verb.contact)

Example:
The heavy rain guttered the soil.

source: wordnet30
provide with gutters(verb.consumption)

Example:
Gutter the buildings.

source: wordnet30
To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel.(verb)

source: webster1913
To become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the wind.(verb)

source: webster1913

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