Gut

[gʌt] or [ɡʌt]

Definition

(noun.) a narrow channel or strait.

(verb.) remove the guts of; 'gut the sheep'.

(verb.) empty completely; destroy the inside of; 'Gut the building'.

Edited by Brent--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso.

(n.) An intenstine; a bowel; the whole alimentary canal; the enteron; (pl.) bowels; entrails.

(n.) One of the prepared entrails of an animal, esp. of a sheep, used for various purposes. See Catgut.

(n.) The sac of silk taken from a silkworm (when ready to spin its cocoon), for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. This, when dry, is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fish line.

(v. t.) To take out the bowels from; to eviscerate.

(v. t.) To plunder of contents; to destroy or remove the interior or contents of; as, a mob gutted the bouse.

Editor: Lois

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Intestine.[2]. Strait, narrow pass.

v. a. Eviscerate, disembowel, embowel, take out the bowels of.

Checked by Llewellyn

Definition

n. the alimentary canal: intestines prepared for violin-strings &c. (gut for angling see Silkworm-gut): (pl.) the bowels.—v.t. to take out the bowels of: to plunder:—pr.p. gut′ting; pa.p. gut′ted.—n. Gut′-scrap′er a fiddler.—v.t. and v.i. Gut′tle to eat greedily.

Inputed by Claude