1. The part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus
   "The gut absorbs nutrients from digested food";
   - intestine, bowel, bowels
    
2. A narrow channel or strait
   "The fishing boats navigated through the gut between the islands"
    
3. A strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery
   "The surgeon used gut to suture the internal incision";
   - catgut

1. Remove the guts of
   "gut the sheep"
    
2. Empty completely; destroy the inside of
   "Gut the building"

1. Unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct
   "a cat's gut aversion to water";
   - natural, instinctive, instinctual

1. (high energy physics) a theory which unifies the forces (except gravity) at energy scales ~10^16 GeV
   - grand unified theory

Derived forms: gutting, guts, gutted

See also: self-generated, spontaneous

Type of: channel, cord, empty, internal organ, remove, take, take away, viscus, withdraw

Part of: abdomen, belly, stomach, suture, venter

Encyclopedia: Gut, Bill