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Definition: Meaning of, sluice in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / sluːs /

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Singular Plural
sluice sluices
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  1. a passage for water to flow through, with a special gate which can be opened or closed to control it
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
sluice sluiced sluiced
Present Participle Third Person Singular
sluicing sluices
  1. [transitive] to wash something with a lot of water
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  2. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if water sluices somewhere, a large amount of it suddenly flows there
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sluice used in phrases

  • sluice down (verb)
    1. pour as if from a sluice
  • sluice valve (noun)
    1. regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice
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