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Meaning of
sluice
in English
sluice
us
//sluʊs//
uk
//sluːs//
#uncommon
Plural
sluices
Past Tense
sluiced
Participle Verb
sluicing
Third Person Singular
sluices
Definitions
Noun
a
controlled
water
passage
;
with
a
valve
The
engineer
designed
a
sluice
to
manage
water
flow
.
a
water
gate
or
floodgate
;
for
flow
control
The
farmer
opened
the
sluice
to
irrigate
the
fields
.
a
channel
for
flow
;
supply
source
The
city's
water
supply
relies
on
a
network
of
sluices
.
Verb
to
wet
thoroughly
;
by
releasing
water
The
firefighters
had
to
sluice
the
entire
area
to
put
out
the
fire
.
to
wash
with
a
stream
of
water
;
cleans
The
workers
had
to
sluice
the
equipment
to
remove
dirt
.
to
wash
something
down
or
out
(
debris
,
etc
.)
The
heavy
rainfall
helped
sluice
away
the
debris
on
the
road
.
Compounds / Phrases
sluicegate
