Meaning of GUT
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- [n] a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery
- [n] the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus
- [v] remove the guts of; "gut the sheep"
- [v] empty completely; destroy the inside of; "Gut the building"
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| | Synonyms: | | bowel, catgut, intestine |
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| | See Also: | | abdomen, belly, cord, empty, hindgut, internal organ, large intestine, remove, small intestine, stomach, suture, take, take away, venter, viscus, withdraw | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Gut\, n. [OE. gut, got, AS. gut, prob. orig., a channel,
and akin to ge['o]tan to pour. See {FOUND} to cast.]
1. A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso.
2. An intenstine; a bowel; the whole alimentary canal; the
enteron; (pl.) bowels; entrails.
3. One of the prepared entrails of an animal, esp. of a
sheep, used for various purposes. See {Catgut}.
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.
{Blind gut}. See {C[AE]cum}, n.
(b) .
\Gut\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gutted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Gutting}.]
1. To take out the bowels from; to eviscerate.
2. To plunder of contents; to destroy or remove the interior
or contents of; as, a mob gutted the bouse.
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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