gutter

• Nom désignant un canal ou une rigole, généralement situé le long du bord d'un toit ou au bord d'une rue, destiné à évacuer l'eau de pluie.

A noun referring to a channel or trough, typically at the edge of a roof or street, designed to carry away rainwater.

1. Drainage channelA2formal

   A channel at the edge of a road or roof for carrying away rainwater.

   Gouttière / caniveau

   • The leaves clogged the gutter on the roof.
   • Water flowed down the gutter into the drain.
   • He cleaned the gutters to prevent flooding.

   Synonymeschannelconduitditchdraingullytroughwatercourse

2. Poor or degraded stateB2informal

   A state of poverty, degradation, or low moral character.

   déchéance

   • He was dragged from the gutter to become a successful businessman.
   • The movie portrays life in the gutter of society.
   • She rose from the gutter to achieve great things.

   Synonymesabjectiondebasementdegradationdepravitydestitutionpovertysqualorwretchedness

• Verbe utilisé pour décrire une flamme ou une bougie qui brûle de manière irrégulière et menace de s'éteindre, ou pour décrire l'écoulement de l'eau dans un canal ou une rigole.

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.

1. C1formal

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

   couler en rigole

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

   Synonymeschannelcourseflowrunstreamtrickle

2. Flicker or burn unsteadilyC2formal

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

   Vaciller (en parlant d'une flamme)

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

   Synonymesflickerfluttersputterwaver