English to English noun
1 |
conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate | | source: wordnet30
2 |
An artifical passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, as in a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow; also, a water gate or flood gate. | | source: webster1913 verb
3 |
pour as if from a sluice | | Example: An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef
source: wordnet30
4 |
irrigate with water from a sluice | | Example: sluice the earth
source: wordnet30
5 |
transport in or send down a sluice | | Example: sluice logs
source: wordnet30
6 |
draw through a sluice | | Example: sluice water
source: wordnet30
7 |
To emit by, or as by, flood gates. | | source: webster1913
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