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sluice |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb sluice Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb sluice Entailment of verb sluice Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb sluice 5 senses of sluice Sense 1 sluice, sluice down => pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets Sense 2 sluice, flush => drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse Sense 3 sluice => flow, flux Sense 4 sluice => transport Sense 5 sluice => draw, take out Familiarity of verb sluice sluice used as a verb is common (polysemy count = 5) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb sluice Sense 1 sluice, sluice down => pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets -------------- Sense 2 sluice, flush => drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse -------------- Sense 3 sluice => flow, flux -------------- Sense 4 sluice => transport -------------- Sense 5 sluice => draw, take out -------------- Grep of noun sluice sluice sluice valve sluicegate sluiceway Overview of noun sluice The noun sluice has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) sluice, sluiceway, penstock -- (conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate) Overview of verb sluice The verb sluice has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) sluice, sluice down -- (pour as if from a sluice; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef.") 2. (1) sluice, flush -- (irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth") 3. sluice -- (flow or pour from or as if from a sluice) 4. sluice -- (transport in or send down a sluice, as of logs) 5. sluice -- (draw through a sluice, as of water) Overview of noun sluice The noun sluice has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) sluice, sluiceway, penstock -- (conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate) Overview of verb sluice The verb sluice has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) sluice, sluice down -- (pour as if from a sluice; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef.") 2. (1) sluice, flush -- (irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth") 3. sluice -- (flow or pour from or as if from a sluice) 4. sluice -- (transport in or send down a sluice, as of logs) 5. sluice -- (draw through a sluice, as of water)
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