gutter

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a channel along the eaves or on the roof;
collects and carries away rainwater (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
trough
• Hypernyms:
channel
• Hyponyms:
chute, slide, slideway, sloping trough, cullis
• Part Holonyms:
gable roof, saddle roof, saddleback, saddleback roof
2. 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
• Syn:
sewer, toilet
• Hypernyms:
misfortune, bad luck, tough luck, ill luck
3. a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.)
• Derivationally related forms:
gut
• Hypernyms:
worker
4. a tool for gutting fish
• Derivationally related forms:
gut
• Hypernyms:
hand tool

II - verb

1. burn unsteadily, feebly, or low;
flicker
- The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground
• Hypernyms:
burn, glow
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
2. flow in small streams
- Tears guttered down her face
• Hypernyms:
run, flow, feed, course
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
3. wear or cut gutters into
- The heavy rain guttered the soil
• Hypernyms:
probe, dig into, poke into
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
4. provide with gutters
- gutter the buildings
• Hypernyms:
provide, supply, ply, cater
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  sewer, toilet, trough