gutter
noun
a channel at the side or in the middle of a road or street, for leading off surface water.
guttered
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past participleof gutter.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof gutter.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
gutternouna channel at the side or in the middle of a road or street, for leading off surface water.
Example Sentences
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Down a long slope, the Columbia River guttered below.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2021
In her third round, a ball guttered on the left side for a change.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2021
“Y’know, basic things like in Chicago, the weather gets cold. It snows. The snow falls off the roof. Don’t design a slopping roof where the snow can’t be caught or guttered off somewhere.”
From The Verge ● Dec. 28, 2017
Many of today’s punks grew up in the halcyon nineties, when the flame of the culture had guttered out.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 8, 2017
But the man had turned away, his long cloak swirling so violently that the flame in the pitch pot guttered and smoked.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
