sluice
To wet copiously, as by opening a sluiceTo wet copiously, as by opening a sluice
» With a sluice you can control the water.
Meaning
6 senses(rare, transitive)To emit by, or as by, flood gates.
(transitive)To wet copiously, as by opening a sluice
pour as if from a sluice
(transitive)To wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice.
to sluice earth or gold dust in a sluice box in placer mining
irrigate with water from a sluice
(broadly, transitive)To wash (down or out).
transport in or send down a sluice
(intransitive)To flow, pour.
To elide the complement in a coordinated wh-question. See sluicing.
Examples
6 sentencesWith a sluice you can control the water.
The dam's sluice gate broke and the water flooded several nearby towns.
A strong dike protected the city from the ocean, the sluices only admitting sufficient water for the needs of the town.
Gradlon constantly bore round his neck a silver key which opened at the same time the vast sluices and the city gates.
Many of the world's largest sluice gates are in the Netherlands.
deViele der größten Schleusen der Welt finden sich in den Niederlanden. — Yorwba
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From Middle English sluse, alteration of scluse, from Anglo-Norman escluse (“sluice, floodFrom Middle English sluse, alteration of scluse, from Anglo-Norman escluse (“sluice, floodgate”), from Late Latin exclusa (“extrusion, gate”), from Latin exclūsus, form of exclūdō (“to shut out, to exclude”) (English exclude). Cognate to Dutch sluis.
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Forms
sluices, sluicing, sluiced, sluicedSynonyms
2 synonyms- irrigate with water from a sluice:flush
- pour as if from a sluice:sluice down
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle