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   sluice

   /sluːs/

   noun

   • 1. a sliding gate or other device for controlling the flow of water, especially one in a lock gate: "the water gushed through the sluices"
   • ▪ an artificial water channel for carrying off overflow or surplus water.
   • ▪ (in gold mining) a channel or trough constructed with grooves into which a current of water is directed in order to separate gold from the ore containing it.
   • 2. an act of rinsing or showering with water: "a sluice with cold water"

   verb

   • 1. wash or rinse freely with a stream or shower of water: "she sluiced her face in cold water" Similar washwash downrinseswill downcleancleanseflush
   • ▪ (of water) pour or flow freely: "the waves sluiced over them" Similar pourflowrungushcascadestreamcoursespoutjetspurtfloodsurgespillrushwellspewdischargeinformal:slooshrare:disembogue

   Word Origin Middle English (as a noun): from Old French escluse ‘sluice gate’, based on Latin excludere ‘exclude’. The verb dates from the late 16th century.

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   Learn the meaning of sluice as a noun and a verb, with synonyms, examples, and word history. A sluice is an artificial passage for water, a body of water held back by a gate, or a device for controlling the flow of water.

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   Sluice is a noun or a verb that means an artificial channel for carrying water, or to flow in large amounts. Learn how to use sluice in sentences and see translations in different languages.

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5. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › sluiceSLUICE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   Sluice can be a noun or a verb related to water flow. As a noun, it means an artificial channel with a gate. As a verb, it means to flow in large amounts. See how to use sluice in sentences and different languages.

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   12 meanings: 1. Also called: sluiceway a channel that carries a rapid current of water, esp one that has a sluicegate to.... Click for more definitions.

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   There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun sluice, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   A sluice is an artificial channel for conducting water, often with a gate to control the flow. It can also mean a stream of water, a channel for logs, or a mining trough. Learn more about the word history, origin and examples of sluice.

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   What does sluice mean?

   • Blossom Word Game Pick the best words! Commonly Misspelled Words Quiz Autocorrect can’t save you now. The meaning of SLUICE is an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow.

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   Where did the word sluice come from?

   • The earliest known use of the noun sluice is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for sluice is from 1340, in Ayenbite of Inwyt. sluice is a borrowing from French. Etymons: French escluse.

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   What is a sluice gate?

   • an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate sluice gate at the upper end for regulating the flow. the body of water held back or controlled by a sluice gate. any contrivance for regulating a flow from or into a receptacle. a channel, especially one carrying off surplus water; drain. a stream of surplus water.

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   Is sluicing a verb or adjective?

   • Water sluiced out from the pipes. In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Alternatively, one may account for (34) by claiming that sluicing leaves a layered trace, and the condition (32) applies to this layered trace.

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   How does sluicing work?

   • Sluicing should be done with mechanical sluicing equipment and disinfection is achieved by means of soaking in a recommended solution of disinfectant. The £8·27 million includes the barrage structure, the locks, the refuge harbour, the fish passes and the sluices—and roads and services.

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   How did a sluice-way lead the water down?

   • A rickety sluice-way led the water down upon the water-wheel beneath the mill floor. Doze a sluice-way down into that waste pocket there, so we won't clog ourselves up. The never-ceasing torrent of gravel and boulders, mingled with the water, rattled and rumbled downwards with the force of the current into a massive sluice.

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    A sluice is an artificial channel for conducting water, with a valve or gate to regulate the flow. It can also refer to a body of water impounded behind a sluice gate, a long trough for washing ore or logs, or a verb meaning to wash or drain with water.