sluice
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
Types & categories
- conduit hypernym
Parts & wholes
- head gate part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
pour as if from a sluice
An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef
Types & categories
- rain cats and dogs hypernym
Related & opposite
- sluice derivation
Sense 3 verb
irrigate with water from a sluice
sluice the earth
Types & categories
- souse hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
transport in or send down a sluice
sluice logs
Types & categories
- transport hypernym
Related & opposite
- sluice derivation
Sense 5 verb
draw through a sluice
sluice water
Types & categories
- draw hypernym
Related & opposite
- sluice derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sluice |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sluice |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sluice |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sluice |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | head gate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | conduit |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sluice |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | rain cats and dogs |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sluice |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | gush |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | souse |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sluice |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | transport |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sluice |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | draw |