sluicing
- adjective
- /ˈsluːsɪŋ/
:
lluvia torrencial
- The sluicing rain beat down on the rooftops all night.
Examples
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They arrived at the shelter, soaked from the sluicing downpour outside.
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The sluicing rain beat down on the rooftops all night.
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Water was sluicing through the broken gutter, creating a small flood.
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It's sluicing outside!
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The rain was sluicing down the windows.
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They arrived at the shelter, soaked from the sluicing downpour outside.
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The rain was sluicing down the windows, making it hard to see outside.
Synonyms
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1.0
To make liquid flow in a steady stream from a container
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3.2
To flow out suddenly and forcefully, like blood from a wound
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7.8
To pour out quickly in a strong stream
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6.5
To rain very hard
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7.6
Flow quickly and strongly down a surface like water after heavy rain
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8.0
To fall heavily in a wide stream, as rain or snow
A liquid that moves quickly in large amounts, like heavy rain
Flowing out quickly and in large amounts
To rain very heavily with water falling fast and hard
Antonyms
How Heavy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word sluicing comes from sluice, a water gate or channel that lets water 'pour' out; imagine opening a big gate and water rushing through. So sluicing rain is rain that falls in a heavy, continuous flow, like water pouring from an opened sluice.