gutter
noun
a channel at the side or in the middle of a road or street, for leading off surface water.
have guttered
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present perfectof gutter.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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In Maggie Bofill’s domestic comedy “Winners,” co-produced by the Ensemble Studio Theater and the Radio Drama Network, the home fires have guttered.
From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2015
The room, with the cheap Art-furniture as before—except that the candles on the Christmas tree have guttered down and appear to have been lately blown out.
From Mr Punch's Pocket Ibsen - A Collection of Some of the Master's Best Known Dramas by F. Anstey
The Room, with the cheap Art-furniture as before—except that the candles on the Christmas-tree have guttered down and appear to have been lately blown out.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 11, 1891 by Various
