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SLUICE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("sluice" is a kind of...):
conduit (a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass)
Meronyms (parts of "sluice"):
floodgate; head gate; penstock; sluice valve; sluicegate; water gate (regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice)
Derivation:
sluice (irrigate with water from a sluice)
sluice (draw through a sluice)
sluice (transport in or send down a sluice)
sluice (pour as if from a sluice)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they sluice ... he / she / it sluices
Past simple: sluiced
Past participle: sluiced
-ing form: sluicing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Irrigate with water from a sluice
Example:
sluice the earth
Synonyms:
flush; sluice
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "sluice" is one way to...):
douse; dowse; drench; soak; sop; souse (cover with liquid; pour liquid onto)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
sluice (conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Draw through a sluice
Example:
sluice water
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "sluice" is one way to...):
draw; take out (take liquid out of a container or well)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
sluice (conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Transport in or send down a sluice
Example:
sluice logs
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "sluice" is one way to...):
transport (move something or somebody around; usually over long distances)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
sluice (conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Pour as if from a sluice
Example:
An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef
Synonyms:
sluice; sluice down
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Hypernyms (to "sluice" is one way to...):
pelt; pour; rain buckets; rain cats and dogs; stream (rain heavily)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Sentence example:
It was sluiceing all day long
Derivation:
sluice (conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate)
