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sluice
(slo͞os)n.
1.
a. An artificial channel for conducting water, with a valve or gate to regulate the flow: sluices connecting a reservoir with irrigated fields.
b. A valve or gate used in such a channel; a floodgate: open sluices to flood a dry dock. Also called sluice gate.
2. A body of water impounded behind a floodgate.
3. A sluiceway.
4. A long inclined trough, as for carrying logs or separating gold ore.
v. sluiced, sluic·ing, sluic·es
v.tr.
1. To flood or drench with or as if with a flow of released water.
2. To wash with water flowing in a sluice: sluicing sediment for gold.
3. To draw off or let out by a sluice: sluice floodwater.
4. To send (logs, for example) down a sluice.
v.intr.
To flow out from or as if from a sluice.
[Middle English scluse, from Old French escluse, from Late Latin exclūsa, from Latin, feminine past participle of exclūdere, to shut out; see exclude.]
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sluice
(sluːs)n
1. (Civil Engineering) Also called: sluiceway a channel that carries a rapid current of water, esp one that has a sluicegate to control the flow
2. (Civil Engineering) the body of water controlled by a sluicegate
3. (Civil Engineering) See sluicegate
4. (Mining & Quarrying) mining an inclined trough for washing ore, esp one having riffles on the bottom to trap particles
5. (Forestry) an artificial channel through which logs can be floated
6. informal a brief wash in running water
vb
7. (tr) to draw out or drain (water, etc) from (a pond, etc) by means of a sluice
8. (tr) to wash or irrigate with a stream of water
9. (Mining & Quarrying) (tr) mining to wash in a sluice
10. (Forestry) (tr) to send (logs, etc) down a sluice
11. (intr; often foll by away or out) (of water, etc) to run or flow from or as if from a sluice
12. (tr) to provide with a sluice
[C14: from Old French escluse, from Late Latin exclūsa aqua water shut out, from Latin exclūdere to shut out, exclude]
ˈsluiceˌlike adj
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sluice
(slus)n., v. sluiced, sluic•ing. 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.
3. a channel, esp. one carrying off surplus water.
4. an artificial stream or channel of water for moving solid matter: a lumbering sluice.
5. a long, sloping trough with grooves on the bottom, into which water is directed to separate gold from gravel or sand.
v.t. 6. to let out (water) by opening a sluice.
7. to drain (a pond, lake, etc.) by opening a sluice.
8. to flush or cleanse with a rush of water: to sluice the decks of a ship.
9. to wash in a sluice.
v.i. 10. to flow or pour through a sluice.
[1300–50; < Old French escluse < Late Latin exclūsa, a water barrier, derivative of Latin exclūdere to exclude]
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Past participle: sluiced
Gerund: sluicing
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| Noun | 1. |  sluice - conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegateconduit - a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass; "the computers were connected through a system of conduits" head gate, penstock, sluice valve, sluicegate, water gate, floodgate - regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice |
| Verb | 1. | sluice - pour as if from a sluice; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef" rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, pelt, stream, pour - rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!" |
| 2. | sluice - irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth" | |
| 3. | sluice - transport in or send down a sluice; "sluice logs" transport - move something or somebody around; usually over long distances | |
| 4. | sluice - draw through a sluice; "sluice water" |
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sluice
(sluːs) noun1. (often ˈsluice-gate) a sliding gate for controlling a flow of water in an artificial channel. We shall have to open the sluice.esclusa, compuerta
2. the channel or the water which flows through it. canal
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