1. A channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
   "They installed new gutters to prevent water damage to the foundation";
   - trough, eavestrough [Cdn]
    
2. Misfortune resulting in lost effort or money
   "his career was in the gutter";
   - sewer, toilet
    
3. A tool for gutting fish
   "The fisherman used a gutter to quickly clean the day's catch"
    
4. A worker who guts things (fish, buildings or cars etc.)
   "The skilled gutter could clean a fish in mere seconds"
    
5. A space between printed columns of text; an inner margin
   "The designer used a wide gutter to improve readability"
    
6. A ditch along the side of a road for draining water
   "The heavy rain filled the gutters, causing water to overflow onto the street"

1. Burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker
   "The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground"
    
2. Flow in small streams
   "Tears guttered down her face"
    
3. Provide with gutters
   "gutter the buildings"
    
4. Wear or cut gutters into
   "The heavy rain guttered the soil"

Derived forms: guttering, guttered, gutters

Type of: bad luck, burn, cater, channel, course, dig into, feed, flow, glow, hand tool, ill luck, misfortune, poke into, probe, provide, put up, run, supply, tough luck, worker

Part of: gable roof, saddle roof, saddleback, saddleback roof

Encyclopedia: Gutter