English to English
sluice

(sl/u/s
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noun (n)
- 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.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- pour as if from a sluice(verb.weather)Example:
An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef.
source: wordnet30 - irrigate with water from a sluice(verb.change)Example:
Sluice the earth.
source: wordnet30 - transport in or send down a sluice(verb.motion)Example:
Sluice logs.
source: wordnet30 - draw through a sluice(verb.motion)Example:
Sluice water.
source: wordnet30 - To emit by, or as by, flood gates.(verb)source: webster1913