sluicing Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb pour as if from a sluice
    sluice; sluice down.
    • An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef
  2. verb irrigate with water from a sluice
    sluice; flush.
    • sluice the earth
  3. verb transport in or send down a sluice
    sluice.
    • sluice logs
  4. verb draw through a sluice
    sluice.
    • sluice water
  5. adjective pouring from or as if from a sluice
    • the sluicing rain

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