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SLUICING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sluicing mean?
• SLUICING (adjective)
The adjective SLUICING has 1 sense:
1. pouring from or as if from a sluice
Familiarity information: SLUICING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pouring from or as if from a sluice
Classified under:
Participial adjectives
Context example:
the sluicing rain
Participle:
sluice (draw through a sluice)
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