guttering

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A noun referring to the system of gutters on a building, or the material used to make them, used for collecting and channeling rainwater from the roof.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das das System von Rinnen und Abflussrohren an einem Gebäude bezeichnet, das Regenwasser vom Dach sammelt und ableitet, oder das Material, aus dem solche Rinnen hergestellt werden.

1. Rainwater drainage system B1 formal british

   A channel or trough fixed under the edge of a roof for carrying away rainwater.

   • The guttering needs to be cleaned before winter.
   • He repaired the broken section of the guttering.
   • Leaves blocked the guttering, causing water to overflow.

   🇩🇪Regenrinne

   Synonyme: gutter

• gutterings plural form
• gutterings' possessive plural form
• guttering's possessive singular form

A verb used to describe a flame or candle burning unsteadily and threatening to go out, or to describe a flow of water in a channel.

• 🇩🇪Verb, das beschreibt, dass eine Flamme oder Kerze unruhig brennt und zu erlöschen droht, oder dass Wasser in einer Rinne fließt beziehungsweise rinnenartig verläuft.

1. Flow or stream C1 formal

   To flow or stream in a channel, like water in a gutter.

   • Rainwater gutters down the street after a storm.
   • The melted snow gutters along the pavement.
   • Water gutters from the roof into the drain.

   🇩🇪Rinnen

   Synonyme: channelcourseflowrunstreamtrickle

2. Flicker or burn unsteadily C2 formal

   To burn or flicker unsteadily, as a candle flame does when it is about to go out.

   • The candle guttered in the drafty room.
   • Her hope guttered like a dying flame.
   • The lamp guttered and then went out completely.

   🇩🇪Flackern

   Synonyme: flickerfluttersputterwaver

• guttered past participle
• guttered past simple
• guttering present participle
• gutters third person singular