gut

«gut» in Mova's school dictionary: the long tube in your body that food passes through… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a gut, guts); verb (gut, guts, gutted, gutting); adjective (gut — a gut feeling)

meaning for a pupil

1) The gut is the long tube in your body that food passes through, including the stomach and intestines. tree →

2) Guts (informal) are the inside parts of a body, especially of an animal. tree →

3) Guts (informal) means courage. tree →

4) A gut feeling is a strong feeling or idea you have without being able to explain why. tree →

5) To gut a fish or animal is to remove its insides before cooking. tree →

6) To gut a building is to destroy or remove everything inside it, as a fire might. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, the gut is part of the digestive system: food goes from mouth to oesophagus, stomach, small intestine (where nutrients are absorbed) and large intestine. Fibre from fruit and vegetables keeps your gut healthy; good bacteria live there. In feelings and safety lessons, listening to your gut feeling (the «uh-oh» feeling) helps you notice danger. In UK informal speech, «gutted» means very disappointed. Phrases: «gut feeling», «trust your gut», «have the guts to», «spill your guts» (tell everything), «gutted».

examples

• Food is digested in your gut. tree →
• Fibre keeps your gut healthy. tree →
• Trust your gut; if something feels wrong, tell an adult. tree →
• It took guts to stand up and sing alone. tree →
• My gut tells me the answer is wrong. tree →
• The fisherman gutted the fish. tree →
• The fire gutted the old school building. tree →
• I was gutted when we lost the final. tree →

note

Plural guts. Past: gutted (double t). «Guts» meaning courage is informal; in class say «courage» or «bravery». «Gutted» (UK, Australia) informally means very sad or disappointed.

In the corpora

• The whole journey of a meal through the gut usually takes about one to three days.
• Gut bacteria help digest food, make some vitamins and protect against harmful germs.
• A meal takes from about one to three days to travel all the way through the gut.
• Sauropods did not chew; they stripped leaves, swallowed them whole and let their huge gut break the plants down slowly.
• Swallowing two or more small magnets can tear holes in the gut and needs urgent help.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «gut» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.