verb Download 🔗Share To emit by, or as by, flood gates. Examples : "The dam operator sluiced water into the river, raising its level downstream. " nature environment action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To wet copiously, as by opening a sluice Examples : "to sluice meadows" environment nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice. Examples : "The gold prospectors sluiced gravel from the riverbed, hoping to find flecks of gold amongst the washed-away dirt. " nature action environment agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (more generally) To wash (down or out). Examples : "The strong rain sluiced the dirt from the patio. " utility action process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To flow, pour. Examples : "After the heavy rain, water sluiced down the street, carrying leaves and debris. " action nature environment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To elide the C` in a coordinated wh-question. See sluicing. Examples : "The linguist explained how "someone stole my sandwich, but I don't know who" is an example of a sentence where the rest of the wh-clause after who has been sluiced. " grammar language linguistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
