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GUT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery

Synonyms:

catgut; gut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("gut" is a kind of...):

cord (a line made of twisted fibers or threads)

Holonyms ("gut" is a substance of...):

suture (thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together)

Derivation:

gut (remove the guts of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus

Synonyms:

bowel; gut; intestine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("gut" is a kind of...):

internal organ; viscus (a main organ that is situated inside the body)

Meronyms (parts of "gut"):

hindgut (the caudal part of the alimentary canal in vertebrate embryos)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gut"):

small intestine (the longest part of the alimentary canal; where digestion is completed)

large intestine (beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum; includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum; extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces)

Holonyms ("gut" is a part of...):

abdomen; belly; stomach; venter (the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis)

Derivation:

gut (remove the guts of)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A narrow channel or strait

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("gut" is a kind of...):

channel (a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove the guts of

Example:

gut the sheep

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "gut" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

gut (a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery)

gut (the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus)

gutter (a tool for gutting fish)

gutter (a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Empty completely; destroy the inside of

Example:

Gut the building

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "gut" is one way to...):

empty (make void or empty of contents)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

gutter (a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.))

Credits

 Context examples: 

Dapagliflozin selectively and potently inhibits SGLT2 compared to SGLT1, which is the cotransporter of glucose in the gut.

(Dapagliflozin, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called gut flora, intestinal flora, intestinal microflora, and microflora.

(Gut microflora, NCI Dictionary)

Also called gut flora, gut microflora, intestinal flora, and intestinal microflora.

(Microflora, NCI Dictionary)

This allele, which encodes major histocompatibility complex class I-related gene protein, is involved in antigen presentation in the gut.

(MR1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

One of the doctor's medical books lay open on the table, half of the leaves gutted out, I suppose, for pipelights.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Also called gut microflora, intestinal flora, intestinal microflora, and microflora.

(Gut flora, NCI Dictionary)

A phylum of anaerobic Gram-negative bacteria that are a normal component of the gut flora.

(Fusobacteria, NCI Thesaurus)

There are at least 15 different types of endocrine cells of the gut.

(Endocrine Cell of the Gastrointestinal System, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A taxonomic family of Gram-negative bacterium, which are found in water, soil or the gut, in the phylum Proteobacteria that includes the genera Aranicola, Buttiauxella, Cedecea, Cronobacter, Enterobacter and Citrobacter, among others.

(Enterobacteriaceae, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes ephrin type-B receptor 3 protein, is involved in nervous system development and may have a role in cell migration in the gut.

(EPHB3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)