| Englisch > Deutsch | |
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| gutter | |
| 1. Substantiv: | |
| 2. [1] Abflussrinne, Ablaufrinne, Regenrinne, Gosse, Rinne, Rinnstein | |
| [1] „We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.“ | |
| Englisch > Englisch | |
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| gutter | |
| 1. subst. A prepared channel in a surface, especially at the side of a road adjacent to a curb, intended for the drainage of water. |  |
| 2. subst. A ditch along the side of a road. | |
| 3. subst. 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. subst. (bowling) A groove down the sides of a bowling lane. | |
| 5. subst. A large groove (commonly behind animals) in a barn used for the collection and removal of animal excrement. | |
| 6. subst. Any narrow channel or groove, such as one formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing. | |
| 7. subst. (typography) A space between printed columns of text. | |
| 8. subst. (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. subst. (philately) An unprinted space between rows of stamps. | |
| 10. subst. (British) A drainage channel. | |
| 11. subst. The notional locus of things, acts, or events which are distasteful, ill bred or morally questionable. | |
| 12. subst. (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. subst. One who or that which guts. | |
| Deutsch > Englisch | |
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| Gosse | |
| 1. n-f. gutter (most often as a symbol for alcoholism, homelessness, and/or other social hardships) | |
| in der Gosse liegen - to lie in the gutter | |
