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1. (n.) sluice
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate
2. sluice
the body of water held back or controlled by a sluice gate.
3. sluice
a channel, esp. one carrying off surplus water.
4. sluice
an artificial stream or channel of water for moving solid matter:
a lumbering sluice.
5. sluice
a long, sloping trough with grooves on the bottom, into which water is directed to separate gold from gravel or sand.
6. (v.t.) sluice
to let out (water) by opening a sluice.
7. sluice
to drain (a pond, lake, etc.) by opening a sluice.
8. sluice
to flush or cleanse with a rush of water:
to sluice the decks of a ship.
9. sluice
to wash in a sluice.
10. (v.i.) sluice
to flow or pour through a sluice.
Etymology: (1300–50; < OF escluse < LL exclūsa, a water barrier, der. of L exclūdere to exclude)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) sluice, sluiceway, penstock
conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
2. (verb) sluice, sluice down
pour as if from a sluice
"An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef"
3. (verb) sluice, flush
irrigate with water from a sluice
"sluice the earth"
4. (verb) sluice
transport in or send down a sluice
"sluice logs"
5. (verb) sluice
draw through a sluice
"sluice water"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) sluice
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
2. (noun) sluice
hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply
3. (noun) sluice
the stream flowing through a flood gate
4. (noun) sluice
a long box or trough through which water flows, -- used for washing auriferous earth
5. (verb) sluice
to emit by, or as by, flood gates
6. (verb) sluice
to wet copiously, as by opening a sluice; as, to sluice meadows
7. (verb) sluice
to wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice; as, to sluice eart or gold dust in mining
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Sense: (oftenˈsluice-gate) a sliding gate for controlling a flow of water in an artificial channel
We shall have to open the sluice.
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 Afrikaans: sluis |
 Arabic: بوابَةٌ مُتَحَرِّكَه لِتَ |
 Bulgarian: шлюз |
 Brazilian: comporta |
 Czech: výpustný otvor |
 German: die Schleuse |
 Danish: sluse(-port) |
 Greek: υδατοφράκτης |
 Spanish: esclusa, compuerta |
 Estonian: vesivärav, lüüs |
 Farsi: سد |
 Finnish: sulku |
 French: écluse |
 Hebrew: מָגוֹף |
 Hindi: जलद्वार, जलकपटा |
 Croatian: brana, ustava |
 Hungarian: zsilip |
 Indonesian: pintu air |
 Icelandic: flóðgátt |
 Italian: chiusa |
 Japanese: 水門 |
 Korean: 수문 |
 Lithuanian: šliuzas |
 Latvian: slūžas |
 Malay: pintu air |
 Dutch: sluis |
 Norwegian: sluseport |
 Polish: śluza |
 Persian: سد |
 Pashto: وټى، پرچاو: لښتې (له شګو |
 Portuguese: comporta |
 Romanian: ecluză |
 Russian: шлюз |
 Slovak: stavidlo |
 Slovenian: zapornica |
 Serbian: brana |
 Swedish: sluss[port] |
 Thai: ประตูน้ำปิดเปิดบังคับการไ |
 Turkish: savak |
 Taiwanese: 水閘 |
 Ukrainian: шлюз |
 Urdu: پانی کے بہاؤ کو روکنے وال |
 Vietnamese: cửa cống |
 Chinese: 水闸 |
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