Sluice - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |sluːs|  American pronunciation of the word sluice
Brit.  |sluːs|  British pronunciation of the word sluice

noun

- conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate (syn: penstock, sluiceway)

verb

- pour as if from a sluice
An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef
- irrigate with water from a sluice (syn: flush)
sluice the earth
- transport in or send down a sluice
sluice logs
- draw through a sluice
sluice water

Extra examples

...he sluiced the gutters with lots of water in order to make sure they were clear...

You'd better sluice the pipe out so that we don't have any more trouble with it.

He was sluicing down the table and the floor.

An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: sluice
he/she/it: sluices
present participle: sluicing
past tense: sluiced
past participle: sluiced
noun
singular: sluice
plural: sluices
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