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sluice

sluice something down

to rinse something down; to flood the surface of something with water or other liquid to clean it. John sluiced the driveway down. Karen sluiced down the garage floor.
See also: down, sluice

sluice something out

to rinse something out; to flood the inside of something to clean it. Sluice the wheelbarrow out, will you? Please sluice out the wheelbarrow.
See also: out, sluice

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ingvild-Norwegian
Maxen-Welsh (Anglicized)
GeorgeJORJ (English)English, Romanian
JoelJOL (English), JO-əl (English), ho-EL (Spanish), zhoo-EL (Portuguese), YO-el (Swedish, Finnish)English, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Finnish, Biblical
Maritza-Spanish (Latin American)
Klaudie-Czech
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