sluice has definitions from the fields of transportation,meteorology
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[ verb ] (meteorology) pour as if from a sluice

Synonyms

sluice_down

Examples

"An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef."

Used in print

(T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)

And_then came the water - not rain , but solid sheets that sluiced down like water slopping from a bucket .

Related terms

pour

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[ noun ] conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate

Synonyms

penstock sluiceway

Used in print

(T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)

He let_down the tailgate and was knocked_over by the sluice of water .

Related terms

conduit conduit sluicegate

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[ verb ] irrigate with water from a sluice

Synonyms

flush

Examples

"sluice the earth"

Used in print

(Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)

`` So that 's sculpture '' , commented Argiento wryly , when he had sluiced down the floor for a week , `` making mud pies '' .

Related terms

drench flush

4
[ verb ] (transportation) flow or pour from or as if from a sluice

Related terms

flow transport

5
[ verb ] (transportation) transport in or send down a sluice, as of logs

Related terms

transport

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[ verb ] draw through a sluice, as of water

Related terms

draw

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