Definition of Sluicing

1. Adjective. Pouring from or as if from a sluice. "The sluicing rain"

Participles: Sluice

Definition of Sluicing

1. Verb. (present participle of sluice) ¹

2. Noun. (linguistics) A kind of ellipsis, introduced by an interrogative, where (usually) everything except the interrogative is elided from the clause, as in "I like him, but I don't know why". ¹

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Definition of Sluicing

1. sluice [v] - See also: sluice

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sluicing

sluglike
slugs
slugworm
slugworms
sluice
sluice down
sluice valve
sluiced
sluicegate
sluicelike
sluices
sluiceway
sluiceways
sluicier
sluiciest
sluicing (current term)
sluicy
sluing
sluit
sluits
slum
slum area
slumber
slumber parties
slumber party
slumbered
slumberer
slumberers
slumbering
slumberingly

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