verb🔗ShareTo emit by, or as by, flood gates."The dam began sluicing water after the heavy rainfall, preventing it from overflowing. "actionenvironmentnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo wet copiously, as by opening a sluice"to sluice meadows"natureactionenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice."The farmer used a sluice to sluice the dirt off the vegetables. "utilityactionagricultureenvironmentprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(more generally) To wash (down or out)."After the kids finished playing in the mud, I had to sluice their boots with the garden hose to get the dirt off. "actionutilityChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo flow, pour."The rain was sluicing off the roof, creating a waterfall effect. "actionnatureenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo elide the C` in a coordinated wh-question. See sluicing."She said she'd bring something, but I don't know what she's sluicing. "grammarlinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe act by which something is sluiced; a copious wetting; a drenching."After the water balloon fight, the children ran inside, leaving a trail of wet footprints from the sluicing they'd received. "actionnatureweatherChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA 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"."The professor used the sentence "She bought something, but I don't know what" as an example of sluicing in action. "grammarlinguisticslanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
