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to gutter

to gutter

7.8
To make a thin channel in something by water or wind
  • verb
  • /ˈɡʌtər/
translation icon : erosionar
  • As the fire burned low, the flames began to gutter, flickering dangerously in the evening breeze.

Examples

  • The heavy rain caused the water to gutter down the street.

  • After the storm, the soil began to gutter away from the hillside.

  • Over years, flowing water slowly guttered the stone path.

  • The melting ice guttered the pavement, leaving irregular grooves.

  • The strong winds and rain guttered deep channels into the hillside.

  • The heavy rain caused water to gutter down the hillside, forming small channels in the soil.

  • The river began to gutter as the land sloped downwards, carving a narrow path through the rocks.

Synonyms

to downcut
vsto gutter
  • Specialized
8.3

To cut downward into the land by a river or stream to make a deeper channel

erodes or forms a thin irregular channel rather than only cutting downwards

Antonyms

to fill
∞ 1.0

To make a place full by putting people or things into it

Compounds

gutter press
  • Offensive
1 8.1

Newspapers or magazines that print scandal stories and invade people's privacy to sell more copies

How Eroded

to wash out
8 4.3
to gutter
7.8
to carve
272 2.1
to flow
259 1.6
to trickle
70 3.4
dribble
4 3.1

Surface Forms

gutter infinitive
guttered past
guttered past participle
guttering present participle
gutters third person singular

Etymology

Gutter meaning to cut or make a thin channel comes from the idea of a gutter as a narrow groove, so to gutter something is to make it into a channel or groove. That's why we say water or wind can gutter stone or earth.