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English noun: sluice | |||
| 1. | sluice (artifact) conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate | ||
| Synonyms | penstock, sluiceway | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conduit | ||
| Part holonym | floodgate, head gate, penstock, sluice valve, sluicegate, water gate | ||
English verb: sluice | |||
| 1. | sluice (weather) pour as if from a sluice | ||
| Samples | An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef. | ||
| Examples | It was sluiceing all day long | ||
| Synonyms | sluice down | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | pelt, pour, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, stream | ||
| 2. | sluice (change) irrigate with water from a sluice | ||
| Samples | Sluice the earth. | ||
| Synonyms | flush | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | douse, dowse, drench, soak, sop, souse | ||
| 3. | sluice (motion) transport in or send down a sluice | ||
| Samples | Sluice logs. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | transport | ||
| 4. | sluice (motion) draw through a sluice | ||
| Samples | Sluice water. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | draw, take out | ||
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