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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