Sluicing can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.
Adjective |
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| sluicing - pouring from or as if from a sluice; "the sluicing rain" | ||
Verb |
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| sluice - irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth" | ||
| sluice - draw through a sluice; "sluice water" | ||
| sluice - transport in or send down a sluice; "sluice logs" | ||
| sluice - pour as if from a sluice; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef" | ||
Noun |
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| sluicing - The act by which something is sluiced; a copious wetting; a drenching. | ||
| sluicing - A kind of ellipsis, introduced by an interrogative, where usually everything except the interrogative is elided from the clause, as in "I like him, but I don't know why". |
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| 1. | adj. | The sluicing rain. | |
| 2. | verb | Sluice the earth. | |
| 3. | verb | Sluice water. | |
| 4. | verb | Sluice logs. |
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| adj. | |
| The sluicing rain. |
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| verb | |
| Sluice the earth. |
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| Sluice water. |
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| Sluice logs. |
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