sluice
noun
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate sluice gate at the upper end for regulating the flow.
are sluicing
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present progressiveof sluice.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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And now men with a hose have come and are sluicing out the streets.
From A Dreamer's Tales by Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron Dunsany
