1.  gutter(n = noun.artifact) trough - a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater;
is a kind of channel
is a part of gable roof, saddle roof, saddleback, saddleback roof
has particulars: chute, slide, slideway, sloping trough, cullis
Derived form verb gutter₄

2.  gutter(n = noun.state) sewer, toilet - misfortune resulting in lost effort or money; "his career was in the gutter"; "all that work went down the sewer"; "pensions are in the toilet"
is a kind of bad luck, ill luck, misfortune, tough luck

3.  gutter(n = noun.person) - a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.);
is a kind of worker
Derived forms verb gut₂, verb gut₁

4.  gutter(n = noun.artifact) - a tool for gutting fish;
is a kind of hand tool
Derived form verb gut₂

1.  gutter(v = verb.weather) - burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker; "The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground"
is one way to burn, glow
Sample sentences: Something ----s

2.  gutter(v = verb.motion) - flow in small streams; "Tears guttered down her face"
is one way to course, feed, flow, run
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP

3.  gutter(v = verb.contact) - wear or cut gutters into; "The heavy rain guttered the soil"
is one way to dig into, poke into, probe
Sample sentences: Something ----s something

4.  gutter(v = verb.consumption) - provide with gutters; "gutter the buildings"
is one way to cater, ply, provide, supply
Derived form noun gutter₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

1.  A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough. [1913 Webster]

2.  A small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off surface water. [1913 Webster]
"Gutters running with ale." [1913 Webster]

3.  Any narrow channel or groove; as, a gutter formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing. [1913 Webster]

4.  Either of two sunken channels at either side of the bowling alley, leading directly to the sunken pit behind the pins. Balls not thrown accurately at the pins will drop into such a channel bypassing the pins, and resulting in a score of zero for that bowl. [PJC]

1.  To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel. Shak. [1913 Webster]

2.  To supply with a gutter or gutters. Dryden. [1913 Webster]

   To become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the wind. [1913 Webster]

gutter, n. & v.
--n.
1 a shallow trough below the eaves of a house, or a channel at the side of a street, to carry off rainwater.
2 (prec. by the) a poor or degraded background or environment.
3 an open conduit along which liquid flows out.
4 a groove.
5 a track made by the flow of water.
--v.
1 intr. flow in streams.
2 tr. furrow, channel.

Idiom:
gutter press sensational journalism concerned esp. with the private lives of public figures.

Etymology:
ME f. AF gotere, OF gotiere ult. f. L gutta drop

N  furrow, groove, rut, sulcus, scratch, streak, striae, crack, score, incision, slit, chamfer, fluting, corduroy road, cradle hole, channel, gutter, trench, ditch, dike, dyke, moat, fosse, trough, kennel, ravine, tajo, thank-ye-ma'am, furrowed, ribbed, striated, sulcated, fluted, canaliculated, bisulcous, bisulcate, bisulcated, canaliferous, trisulcate, corduroy, unisulcate, costate, rimiform.

N  conduit, channel, duct, watercourse, race, head race, tail race, abito, aboideau, aboiteau, bito, acequia, acequiador, acequiamadre, arroyo, adit, aqueduct, canal, trough, gutter, pantile, flume, ingate, runner, lock-weir, tedge, vena, dike, main, gully, moat, ditch, drain, sewer, culvert, cloaca, sough, kennel, siphon, piscina, pipe, funnel, tunnel, water pipe, waste pipe, emunctory, gully hole, artery, aorta, pore, spout, scupper, adjutage, ajutage, hose, gargoyle, gurgoyle, penstock, weir, flood gate, water gate, sluice, lock, valve, rose, waterworks, pipeline, vascular.

gutter ball, gutter press