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SLUICE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate

Synonyms:

penstock; sluice; sluiceway

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sluice" is a kind of...):

conduit (a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass)

Meronyms (parts of "sluice"):

floodgate; head gate; penstock; sluice valve; sluicegate; water gate (regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice)

Derivation:

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)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Irrigate with water from a sluice

Example:

sluice the earth

Synonyms:

flush; sluice

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "sluice" is one way to...):

douse; dowse; drench; soak; sop; souse (cover with liquid; pour liquid onto)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

sluice (conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Draw through a sluice

Example:

sluice water

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "sluice" is one way to...):

draw; take out (take liquid out of a container or well)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

sluice (conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Transport in or send down a sluice

Example:

sluice logs

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "sluice" is one way to...):

transport (move something or somebody around; usually over long distances)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

sluice (conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Pour as if from a sluice

Example:

An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef

Synonyms:

sluice; sluice down

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

Hypernyms (to "sluice" is one way to...):

pelt; pour; rain buckets; rain cats and dogs; stream (rain heavily)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Sentence example:

It was sluiceing all day long

Derivation:

sluice (conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate)

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