| Engelsk > Engelsk |
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| gutter |
| 1. n. A prepared channel in a surface, especially at the side of a road adjacent to a curb, intended for the drainage of water. |
| 2. n. A ditch along the side of a road. |
| 3. n. A duct or channel beneath the eaves of a building to carry rain water; eavestrough. |
| The gutters must be cleared of leaves a few times a year. |
| 4. n. (bowling) A groove down the sides of a bowling lane. |
| 5. n. A large groove (commonly behind animals) in a barn used for the collection and removal of animal excrement. |
| 6. n. Any narrow channel or groove, such as one formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing. |
| 7. n. (typography) A space between printed columns of text. |
| 8. n. (printing) One of a number of pieces of wood or metal, grooved in the centre, used to separate the pages of type in a form. |
| 9. n. (philately) An unprinted space between rows of stamps. |
| 10. n. (British) A drainage channel. |
| 11. n. The notional locus of things, acts, or events which are distasteful, ill bred or morally questionable. |
| 12. n. (figuratively) A low, vulgar state. |
| Get your mind out of the gutter. |
| What kind of gutter language is that? I ought to wash your mouth out with soap. |
| 13. v. To flow or stream; to form gutters. |
| 14. v. (of a candle) To melt away by having the molten wax run down along the side of the candle. |
| 15. v. (of a small flame) To flicker as if about to be extinguished. |
| 16. v. To send (a bowling ball) into the gutter, not hitting any pins. |
| 17. v. To supply with a gutter or gutters. |
| 18. v. To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel. |
| 19. n. One who or that which guts. |
| Svenska > Engelsk |
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| rännsten |
| 1. n-c. gutter |
