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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

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]


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.] [1913 Webster] 1. A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso. [1913 Webster] 2. An intenstine; a bowel; the whole alimentary canal; the enteron; (pl.) bowels; entrails. [1913 Webster] 3. One of the prepared entrails of an animal, esp. of a sheep, used for various purposes. See Catgut. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Blind gut. See Caecum, n. (b) . [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] 2. To plunder of contents; to destroy or remove the interior or contents of; as, a mob gutted the house. [1913 Webster] Tom Brown, of facetious memory, having gutted a proper name of its vowels, used it as freely as he pleased. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
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"