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sluice down
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | sluice down - pour as if from a sluice; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef"sluicerain buckets, rain cats and dogs, pelt, stream, pour - rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!" |
sluice down
sluice down1. To pour down (from or into something) in large amounts. The rain is positively sluicing down outside. I could hear the gurgle of the water sluicing noisily down the drain in the bathroom next to my room.2. To clean or rinse something with a large flow or stream of water. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "sluice" and "down." The boss told me to go sluice down the stables and put down fresh hay. It's an old filmmakers' trick to sluice down the roads when shooting at night—they show up much better on film that way.See also: down, sluicesluice something downto rinse something down; to flood the surface of something with water or other liquid to clean it. John sluiced the driveway down. Karen sluiced down the garage floor.See also: down, sluicesluice down
Synonyms for sluice downverb pour as if from a sluiceSynonymsRelated Words- rain buckets
- rain cats and dogs
- pelt
- stream
- pour
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