| NOUN | artifact | sluice, sluiceway, penstock | conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate |
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| VERB | weather | sluice, sluice down | pour as if from a sluice |
| change | sluice, flush | irrigate with water from a sluice | |
| motion | sluice | transport in or send down a sluice | |
| motion | sluice | draw through a sluice |
| Sounds | sluw's | |
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| Rhymes | abstruse ... Zeus: 40 rhymes with uws... | |
| Meaning | conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate. | |
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| Synonyms | sluiceway, penstock | |
| Parts | sluicegate, sluice valve, floodgate, penstock, head gate, water gate | regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice |
| Broader | conduit | A passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass |
| Spanish | canal, compuerta, esclusa, presa, tubería forzada, válvula de estrangulación | |
| Catalan | canal | |
| Verbs | sluice | irrigate with water from a sluice |
| sluice | draw through a sluice | |
| sluice | transport in or send down a sluice | |
| sluice | pour as if from a sluice | |
| Meaning | pour as if from a sluice. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Model | It was sluiceing all day long | |
| Example | "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef" | |
| Synonym | sluice down | |
| Broader | pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets | rain heavily |
| Spanish | correr a raudales | |
| Nouns | sluice | conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate |
| Meaning | irrigate with water from a sluice. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "sluice the earth" | |
| Synonym | flush | |
| Broader | drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse | Cover with liquid / liquid |
| Spanish | regar | |
| Catalan | regar | |
| Nouns | sluice | conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate |
| Meaning | transport in or send down a sluice. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "sluice logs" | |
| Broader | transport | Move something or somebody around |
| Nouns | sluice | conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate |
| Meaning | Draw through a sluice. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "sluice water" | |
| Broader | draw, take out | take liquid out of a container or well |
| Participle | sluicing | pouring from or as if from a sluice |
| Nouns | sluice | conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate |
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