gut

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: intestinebowelcatgut

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anusSynonyms: intestinebowel
  2. a narrow channel or strait
  3. a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgerySynonyms: catgut

Verb (2)

  1. empty completely; destroy the inside of“Gut the building”
  2. remove the guts of“gut the sheep”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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]
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