sluice
🇺🇸
/sluːs/
🇬🇧
/sluːs/
noun
R
A sluice is a gate or device that controls the flow of water in a canal or river.
We opened the sluices, allowing water to flow from the river into the irrigation system.
verb
R
To sluice something means to wash it with a strong flow of water.
The workers sluiced the mud off the equipment using high-pressure hoses.
R
When water sluices somewhere, it flows there very quickly and in large amounts.
The rain sluiced through the gutters, causing them to overflow.
translation
A sluice is a gate or device that controls the flow of water in a canal or river.
To sluice something means to wash it with a strong flow of water.; When water sluices somewhere, it flows there very quickly and in large amounts.
Word Forms
3rd Present
sluices
Past
sluiced
Perfect
sluiced
Progressive
sluicing
Plural
sluices