(to) sluice
11sluice — vb *pour, stream, gush Analogous words: flood, inundate, deluge (see corresponding nouns at FLOOD): drench, *soak …
12Sluice — A sluice gate. Sluice gate located on the …
13sluice — sluicelike, adj. /sloohs/, n., v., sluiced, sluicing. n. 1. an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow. 2. the body of water held back or controlled by a sluice gate …
14sluice — [[t]slus[/t]] n. v. sluiced, sluic•ing 1) civ an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate(sluice′ gate )at the upper end for regulating the flow 2) civ the body of water held back or controlled by a sluice gate 3) civ a… …
15sluice — n. & v. n. 1 (also sluice gate, sluice valve) a sliding gate or other contrivance for controlling the volume or flow of water. 2 (also sluice way) an artificial water channel esp. for washing ore. 3 a place for rinsing. 4 the act or an instance… …
16sluice — I UK [sluːs] / US [slus] verb Word forms sluice : present tense I/you/we/they sluice he/she/it sluices present participle sluicing past tense sluiced past participle sluiced 1) [transitive] to wash something with a flow of water He bent down and… …
17sluice — /slus / (say sloohs) noun 1. an artificial channel for conducting water, fitted with a sluicegate. 2. the body of water held back or controlled by a sluicegate. 3. any contrivance for regulating a flow from or into a receptacle. 4. a channel,… …
18sluice down — verb pour as if from a sluice An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef • Syn: ↑sluice • Derivationally related forms: ↑sluice (for: ↑sluice) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
19sluice — I. noun Etymology: Middle English sluse, alteration of scluse, from Anglo French escluse, from Late Latin exclusa, from Latin, feminine of exclusus, past participle of excludere to exclude Date: 15th century 1. a. an artificial passage for water… …
20sluice — [[t]slu͟ːs[/t]] sluices, sluicing, sluiced 1) N COUNT A sluice is a passage that carries a current of water and has a barrier, called a sluice gate, which can be opened and closed to control the flow of water. 2) VERB If you sluice something or… …
