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# gutter

«gutter» in Mova's school dictionary: **A long open pipe along the edge of a roof that carries…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a gutter, gutters); verb (gutter, gutters, guttered, guttering — of a candle)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A long open pipe along the edge of a roof that carries rainwater away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gutter/#m1)

2) The low channel at the edge of a street that takes rainwater to drains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gutter/#m2)

3) The channel along the sides of a bowling lane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gutter/#m3)

4) (verb, of a candle flame) To flicker and almost go out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gutter/#m4)

5) (the gutter) A very poor or low way of living. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gutter/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and safety: blocked gutters overflow; never play near street gutters and drains in heavy rain. In science about the water cycle: rainwater runs from roofs through gutters and drains to rivers. In bowling a «gutter ball» misses all the pins. Phrases: «clean the gutters», «in the gutter», «gutter ball».

### examples

- Dad climbed a ladder to clean the leaves out of the gutters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gutter/#x1)
- Rainwater rushed along the gutter into the drain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gutter/#x2)
- My ball went into the gutter at the bowling alley. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gutter/#x3)
- The candle guttered and went out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gutter/#x4)
- I dropped my coin and it rolled into the gutter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gutter/#x5)
- Don't play in the gutter when it rains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gutter/#x6)
- What great waves there were in the gutter, and what a swift current! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gutter/#x7)

### note

Countable. Verb (candle): guttered, guttering. Related: guttering (the gutters of a house as a whole, UK). Gutter press means cheap, nasty newspapers.

### Trees and pragmatics

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