Sluice has 7 different meanings across 2 categories:
Noun
· Verb
Noun
1
conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
2
An artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for example in a canal lock or a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow.
Verb
1
pour as if from a sluice
"An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef"
2
irrigate with water from a sluice
"sluice the earth"
3
transport in or send down a sluice
"sluice logs"
4
draw through a sluice
"sluice water"
5
To emit by, or as by, flood gates.
Example Sentences
"An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef"
verb
"sluice the earth"
verb
"sluice logs"
verb
"sluice water"
verb
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