sluiced
past simple and past participle ofsluice
sluice
verb[Iusually+ adv/prep]
uk/sluːs/us/sluːs/Ifwatersluices out fromsomewhere, itflowsinlargeamounts:
Water sluicedoutfrom thepipes.
Movement of liquids
- backsplash
- be dripping withsomethingidiom
- bleed
- decant
- discharge
- drainage
- drip
- eddy
- leak
- runsomeone/somethingover
- runnel
- seep
- seepage
- slosh
- spit
- topsomethingup
- trickle
- tub
- washsomethingaway
- waterborne
Phrasal verb
sluicesomethingdown/out
Examplesofsluiced
sluiced
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Rather, the right-dislocated phrase is a remnant of an extra clause which is deleted (orsluiced) after scrambling.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Instead of upgrading the equipment, it was replaced with a macerator which minced to pieces the aborted babies andsluicedthem down the local sewer.
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This directive, as it is likely to become, will not cover some of the unpleasant substances such as oil that are accidentallysluicedout of ships.
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We know that comparatively small constituencies may be freely sprinkled—sluiced, in fact—with money by a candidate who, nevertheless, does not come within the reach of the law.
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Lo and behold, the provider gets £200 of taxpayers' moneysluicedinto his bank account.
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The 50 m cutting diverts a length of the river and allowed the exposed river bed to besluicedfor alluvial gold.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The tunnel was driven through the spur diverting the river and allowing the exposed river bed to besluicedfor alluvial gold.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The examples of sluicing above have thesluicedmaterial following its antecedent.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The amount of soilsluicedaway in this way seems incredible.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Both the antecedent and thesluicedmaterial qualify as catenae.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Borrow pits containing suitable material are accessible at an elevation such that the earth can besluicedto the fill after being washed from the bank by high-pressure nozzles.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.U was thensluicedoff the top layers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The tunnel was driven through a mountain spur in a horseshoe bend, diverting the river, and allowing the exposed river bed to besluicedfor alluvial gold.
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