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sluicelike

Meaning of "sluicelike" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF SLUICELIKE

ˈsluːsˌlaɪk


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLUICELIKE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sluicelike is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SLUICELIKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sluicelike in the English dictionary

The definition of sluicelike in the dictionary is of or like a sluice.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SLUICELIKE

boxlike · businesslike · fencelike · forceps-like · foxlike · fungus-like · furnace-like · glasslike · grasslike · harness-like · horselike · lacelike · mouselike · nurselike · princelike · purselike · Tardis-like · trancelike · virus-like · waxlike

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SLUICELIKE

sluggardness · slugged · slugger · slugging · sluggish · sluggishly · sluggishness · sluice · sluice down · sluicegate · sluiceway · sluicy · sluit · slum · slum area · slum clearance · slum clearance area · slum clearance campaign · slum dwelling · slum-dweller

WORDS THAT END LIKE SLUICELIKE

apelike · belike · dislike · eyelike · homelike · lifelike · mazelike · needlelike · platelike · plumelike · slatelike · sleevelike · smokelike · snakelike · spongelike · tapelike · tilelike · tonguelike · treelike · wavelike · wifelike

Synonyms and antonyms of sluicelike in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sluicelike» into 25 languages

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The translations of sluicelike from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sluicelike» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

sluicelike
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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sluicelike
570 millions of speakers
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English

sluicelike
510 millions of speakers
hi

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sluicelike
380 millions of speakers
ar

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sluicelike
280 millions of speakers
ru

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sluicelike
278 millions of speakers
pt

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sluicelike
270 millions of speakers
bn

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sluicelike
260 millions of speakers
fr

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sluicelike
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Sluicelike
190 millions of speakers
de

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sluicelike
180 millions of speakers
ja

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sluicelike
130 millions of speakers
ko

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sluicelike
85 millions of speakers
jv

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Sluicelike
85 millions of speakers
vi

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sluicelike
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

sluicelike
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

स्लीइकलेइक
75 millions of speakers
tr

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sluicelike
70 millions of speakers
it

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sluicelike
65 millions of speakers
pl

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sluicelike
50 millions of speakers
uk

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sluicelike
40 millions of speakers
ro

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sluicelike
30 millions of speakers
el

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sluicelike
15 millions of speakers
af

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sluicelike
14 millions of speakers
sv

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sluicelike
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sluicelike
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sluicelike

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SLUICELIKE»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sluicelike

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLUICELIKE»

Discover the use of sluicelike in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sluicelike and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Margaret: A Tale of the Real and the Ideal
... and they flashed away. Falling into all sorts 0 order, some went crankling and sheering, some described somersets, others were knocked stern-foremost ; but on, on, they flew, skittering, bowling, sluicelike, mad-like ; Margaret glided over the ...
Sylvester Judd, 1871
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Skiing
Then he turned to me. "Don't do anything exciting," he said, the unmistakable implication being that we were about to enter a no-fall zone. Then he slipped out of sight through a slot in the rocks. One by one we followed, discovering a sluicelike ...
3
Dutch Pictures: With Some Sketches in the Flemish Manner
It was a pouring wet night — the rain coming down, not in the sudden, sluicelike, floodgate, English fashion, but in a Toncentrated, compact, fine, unceasing, descent, cautiously : and remorselessly, like the sand in an hourglass, or the ...
George Augustus H.F. Sala, 1861
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Margaret
Falling into all sorts of order, some went crankling and sheering, some described somersets, others were knocked stern-foremost ; but on, on, they flew, skittering, bowling, sluicelike, mad-like ; Margaret glided over the mounds, she leaped the ...
5
Dictionary of Industrial Terms
A sluicelike contrivance used to control the flow of water. Civil Engineering People Management: The utilization of human resources in order to achieve the organization's objectives. Reliability Enginering Per protocol analysis: An analysis of ...
Michael D. Holloway, Chikezie Nwaoha, 2013
6
Darkness and Dawn
A long, racing sluicelike incline of black waters, streaked with swirls of white, appeared before them. The boat plunged and whirled, dipped, righted, and sped on. Behind, a huge, rushing, wall-like mass of lathering, leaping surges. In front, a  ...
George Allan England, 2009
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The Works of George Allan England
... seemed now to hover on the very brink. A long, racing sluicelike incline of black waters, streaked with swirls of white, appeared before them. The boat plunged and whirled, dipped, righted, and sped.
George Allan England
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Skiing
Then he turned to me. "Don't do anything exciting," he said, the unmistakable implication being that we were about to enter a no-fall zone. Then he slipped out of sight through a slot in the rocks. One by one we followed, discovering a sluicelike ...
9
Complete D. H. Lawrence- Sons and Lovers The Rainbow Women ...
It would beBirkin.He hadcome back then, unawares. She accepted it without remark, nothing mattered to her. Shesat down among theroots of the alder tree, dim and veiled, hearing the sound ofthe sluicelike dew distilling audibly into the night.
D. H. Lawrence
10
Beyond Habermas: Democracy, Knowledge, and the Public Sphere
The strategic role of such alternative and activist public spheres is to ferret out these new problems and direct them through sluicelike legal channels into the official liberal public sphere for translation and procedural processing into a ...
Christian Emden, David Midgley, 2012

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLUICELIKE»

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Footlong Frenzy
Provided, but easier to use the paper boat as a sluicelike delivery system. Tale o' the tape: As the fine print points out, it's a foot long before cooking; at delivery, ... «Entrepreneur, Sep 10»
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