What is the meaning of sluicing?

verb

  • Pour as if from a sluice.
    • usage: "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef"
  • Irrigate with water from a sluice.
    • usage: "sluice the earth"
  • Transport in or send down a sluice.
    • usage: "sluice logs"
  • Draw through a sluice.
    • usage: "sluice water"

adjective

  • Pouring from or as if from a sluice.
    • usage: "the sluicing rain"
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