"sluicing" in the verb sense
1. sluice, sluice down
pour as if from a sluice
"An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef"
2. sluice, flush
irrigate with water from a sluice
"sluice the earth"
3. sluice
transport in or send down a sluice
"sluice logs"
4. sluice
draw through a sluice
"sluice water"
"sluicing" in the adjective sense
1. sluicing
pouring from or as if from a sluice
"the sluicing rain"
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