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unsluicing

unsluicing is the present participle and gerund of unsluice.

Meaning of unsluice

Verb

unsluice (third-person singular simple present unsluices, present participle unsluicing, simple past and past participle unsluiced)

  1. (transitive) To sluice; to open the sluice or sluices of (a lock)
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to let (emotions etc.) flow; to discharge.
    • All ages, all degrees unsluice their eyes1717, John Dryden, Meleager and Atalanta

Questions about unsluicing

What is unsluicing the present participle and gerund of?
Unsluicing is the present participle and gerund of unsluice.

Words near unsluicing in the dictionary

  1. unslowing
  2. unsluggish
  3. unsluice
  4. unsluiced
  5. unsluices
  6. unsluicing
  7. unslumbering
  8. unslumberingly
  9. unslumberous
  10. unslumbrous
  11. unslung

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