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Definition of sluice verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    sluice

     verb
    verb
    NAmE//slus//
     
    Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they sluice
     
     he / she / it sluices
     
     past simple sluiced
     
     -ing form sluicing
     
     
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  1. 1[transitive] sluice something (down/out) sluice something (with something) to wash something with a stream of water The ship's crew was sluicing down the deck. I quickly sluiced my face with cold water.
  2. 2[intransitive] + adv./prep. (of water) to flow somewhere in large quantities Rain was sluicing down. Water came sluicing out of the house.
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