gutter
/ˈɡʌt.ɚ/ verb C2- To flow or stream; to form gutters.
- To melt away by having the molten wax run down along the side of the candle.
- To flicker as if about to be extinguished.
- To send (a bowling ball) into the gutter, not hitting any pins.
- To supply with a gutter or gutters.
- To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel.
- To worsen considerably. · The students' performance guttered after the school event.· The patient's state would soon gutter.
He/she/it gutters · Past guttered · Past participle guttered · -ing form guttering
Verb forms
- Base form
- gutter
- He/she/it
- gutters
- Past
- guttered
- Past participle
- guttered
- -ing form
- guttering
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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A guttering candle was stuck in a crevice of the rocks which flanked it on each side so as to keep the wind from it and also to prevent it from being visible, save in the direction of Baskerville Hall.
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