[syn: catgut, gut]
VERB (2)
1. empty completely; destroy the inside of;
- Example: "Gut the building"
2. remove the guts of;
- Example: "gut the sheep"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gut \Gut\, n. [OE. gut, got, AS. gut, prob. orig., a channel,
and akin to ge['o]tan to pour. See FOUND to cast.]
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1. A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso.
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2. An intenstine; a bowel; the whole alimentary canal; the
enteron; (pl.) bowels; entrails.
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3. One of the prepared entrails of an animal, esp. of a
sheep, used for various purposes. See Catgut.
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4. 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.
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Blind gut. See Caecum, n.
(b) .
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gut \Gut\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gutted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gutting.]
1. To take out the bowels from; to eviscerate.
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2. To plunder of contents; to destroy or remove the interior
or contents of; as, a mob gutted the house.
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Tom Brown, of facetious memory, having gutted a
proper
name of its vowels, used it as freely as he pleased.
--Addison.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gut
n 1: the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and
the anus [syn: intestine, bowel, gut]
2: a narrow channel or strait
3: a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in
surgery [syn: catgut, gut]
v 1: empty completely; destroy the inside of; "Gut the building"
2: remove the guts of; "gut the sheep"