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# gut

«gut» in Mova's school dictionary: **the long tube in your body that food passes through…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a gut, guts); verb (gut, guts, gutted, gutting); adjective (gut — a gut feeling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The gut is the long tube in your body that food passes through, including the stomach and intestines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gut/#m1)

2) Guts (informal) are the inside parts of a body, especially of an animal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gut/#m2)

3) Guts (informal) means courage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gut/#m3)

4) A gut feeling is a strong feeling or idea you have without being able to explain why. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gut/#m4)

5) To gut a fish or animal is to remove its insides before cooking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gut/#m5)

6) To gut a building is to destroy or remove everything inside it, as a fire might. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gut/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In science, the gut is part of the digestive system: food goes from mouth to oesophagus, stomach, small intestine (where nutrients are absorbed) and large intestine. Fibre from fruit and vegetables keeps your gut healthy; good bacteria live there. In feelings and safety lessons, listening to your gut feeling (the «uh-oh» feeling) helps you notice danger. In UK informal speech, «gutted» means very disappointed. Phrases: «gut feeling», «trust your gut», «have the guts to», «spill your guts» (tell everything), «gutted».

### examples

- Food is digested in your gut. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gut/#x1)
- Fibre keeps your gut healthy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gut/#x2)
- Trust your gut; if something feels wrong, tell an adult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gut/#x3)
- It took guts to stand up and sing alone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gut/#x4)
- My gut tells me the answer is wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gut/#x5)
- The fisherman gutted the fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gut/#x6)
- The fire gutted the old school building. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gut/#x7)
- I was gutted when we lost the final. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gut/#x8)

### note

Plural guts. Past: gutted (double t). «Guts» meaning courage is informal; in class say «courage» or «bravery». «Gutted» (UK, Australia) informally means very sad or disappointed.

### In the corpora

- [The whole journey of a meal through the gut usually takes about one to three days.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/67-digestion-the-journey-of-a-sandwich/17/)
- [Gut bacteria help digest food, make some vitamins and protect against harmful germs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/257-the-microscopic-world-bacteria-good-and-bad/10/)
- [A meal takes from about one to three days to travel all the way through the gut.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/262-human-body-deeper-lungs-stomach-and-guts/15/)
- [Sauropods did not chew; they stripped leaves, swallowed them whole and let their huge gut break the plants down slowly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods/9/)
- [Swallowing two or more small magnets can tear holes in the gut and needs urgent help.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/113-babies-batteries-and-magnets/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gut» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gut/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.