unsluice

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verb

To sluice; to open the sluice or sluices of (a lock)

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Meanings

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

present singular third person unsluices · participle present unsluicing · participle past unsluiced · past unsluiced

  1. transitiveTo sluice; to open the sluice or sluices of (a lock)
  2. figurativelytransitiveto let (emotions etc.) flow; to discharge.

    All ages, all degrees unsluice their eyes

    1717, John Dryden, Meleager and Atalanta

Origin

From un- + sluice.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with unsluice

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Cite this entry
APA

unsluice. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsluice

MLA

“unsluice.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsluice. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unsluice,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsluice.

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