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 | ||