English verb: sluice down | |||
1. | sluice down (weather) pour as if from a sluice | ||
Samples | An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef. | ||
Examples | It was sluice downing all day long | ||
Synonyms | sluice | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | pelt, pour, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, stream | ||