sluice

[US]/sluːs/
[UK]/slus/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. water gate; reservoir
vt. flush; release water by opening the gate
vi. flow rapidly
Word Forms
Third Person Singularsluices
Past Participlesluiced
Past Tensesluiced
Present Participlesluicing
Pluralsluices

Phrases & Collocations

sluice gate

sluice system

flood sluice

river sluice

sluice management

Example Sentences

a sluice with cold water.

open sluices to flood a dry dock.Also called sluice gate

They sluice the streets down every morning.

she sluiced her face in cold water.

crews sluiced down the decks of their ship.

the waves sluiced over them.

The sailors sluiced the deck with hoses.

sluices connecting a reservoir with irrigated fields.

We opened the sluice and water poured in.

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