An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef
Something ——s
Something is ——ing PP
It was sluice downing all day long
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Sluice — A sluice gate. Sluice gate located on the … Wikipedia
sluice — I UK [sluːs] / US [slus] verb Word forms sluice : present tense I/you/we/they sluice he/she/it sluices present participle sluicing past tense sluiced past participle sluiced 1) [transitive] to wash something with a flow of water He bent down and… … English dictionary
sluice — sluicelike, adj. /sloohs/, n., v., sluiced, sluicing. n. 1. an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow. 2. the body of water held back or controlled by a sluice gate … Universalium
sluice — sluice1 [ slus ] verb 1. ) transitive to wash something with a flow of water: He bent down and sluiced his head under the faucet. The walls and floors were sluiced down every day. 2. ) intransitive if water sluices somewhere, it flows there… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sluice — /slus / (say sloohs) noun 1. an artificial channel for conducting water, fitted with a sluicegate. 2. the body of water held back or controlled by a sluicegate. 3. any contrivance for regulating a flow from or into a receptacle. 4. a channel,… …
sluice — [[t]slu͟ːs[/t]] sluices, sluicing, sluiced 1) N COUNT A sluice is a passage that carries a current of water and has a barrier, called a sluice gate, which can be opened and closed to control the flow of water. 2) VERB If you sluice something or… … English dictionary
sluice — sluice1 [slu:s] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: escluse, from Late Latin exclusa, from Latin excludere; EXCLUDE] a passage for water to flow through, with a special gate which can be opened or closed to control it sluice 2 sluice2 v 1.) … Dictionary of contemporary English
sluice — 1 noun (C) a passage for water to flow through, with a special gate which can be opened or closed to control it 2 verb 1 (T) to wash something with a lot of water: sluice sth out/down: Can you sluice out the cow shed? | sluice sth over/into etc:… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Seaton Sluice — infobox UK place country = England official name= Seaton Sluice latitude= 55.0826 longitude= 1.4778 population= 3081 shire district= Blyth Valley shire county = Northumberland region= North East England constituency westminster= Blyth Valley post … Wikipedia
To batten down the hatches — Hatch Hatch, n. [OE. hacche, AS. h[ae]c, cf. haca the bar of a door, D. hek gate, Sw. h[ a]ck coop, rack, Dan. hekke manger, rack. Prob. akin to E. hook, and first used of something made of pieces fastened together. Cf. {Heck}, {Hack} a frame.] 1 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
