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Antonyms for guttered

Grammar : Verb
Spell : guht-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgʌt ər

Definition of guttered

Origin :
  • late 13c., "watercourse, water drainage channel along the side of a street," from Anglo-Norman gotere, from Old French guitere, goutiere (13c., Modern French gouttière) "gutter, spout" (of water), from goute "a drop," from Latin gutta "a drop." Meaning "furrow made by running water" is from 1580s. Meaning "trough under the eaves of a roof to carry off rainwater" is from mid-14c. Figurative sense of "low, profane" is from 1818. In printers' slang, from 1841.
  • As in dive : verb descend, usually going underwater
Example sentences :
  • On a banister post stood a tallow candle which guttered in the draft.
  • Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy
  • Juneau has an annual rainfall of nine feet; the streets are guttered: indeed the streets are gutters in some cases.
  • Extract from : « Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska » by Charles Warren Stoddard
  • The sky was a greasy grey that guttered down to the horizon, and the wind smote damp and chill.
  • Extract from : « Certain Personal Matters » by H. G. Wells
  • Thus fanned, the weak flame of his life wasted quickly and guttered out.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • They guttered around the sheet of foolscap wet with the scrawls and splashes of Dillworth's quill.
  • Extract from : « The Sleuth of St. James's Square » by Melville Davisson Post
  • The house would be pulled up and then pushed down; always a match would be in the guttered end of the piece in the chimney.
  • Extract from : « Learn to Invent, First Steps for Beginners Young and Old » by S. E. Clark
  • The house would rise high enough so that the top of the guttered piece would be at the bottom of the slanting sides.
  • Extract from : « Learn to Invent, First Steps for Beginners Young and Old » by S. E. Clark
  • The matches would roll over it, and one would lodge in the guttered top.
  • Extract from : « Learn to Invent, First Steps for Beginners Young and Old » by S. E. Clark
  • The candles flickered and guttered in the draught; the wavering light cast strange shadows over the dead man's face.
  • Extract from : « Under False Pretences » by Adeline Sergeant
  • The candles had guttered and burnt low in the sockets of the massive old silver candlesticks.
  • Extract from : « Mohawks, Volume 1 of 3 » by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Synonyms for guttered

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