Uk English Meaning of sluice
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Definitions and Meaning of sluice in English
sluice (n)
conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
sluice (v)
pour as if from a sluice
irrigate with water from a sluice
transport in or send down a sluice
draw through a sluice
sluice (n.)
An artifical passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, as in a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow; also, a water gate or flood gate.
Hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply.
The stream flowing through a flood gate.
A long box or trough through which water flows, -- used for washing auriferous earth.
sluice (v. t.)
To emit by, or as by, flood gates.
To wet copiously, as by opening a sluice; as, to sluice meadows.
To wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice; as, to sluice eart or gold dust in mining.
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sluice
conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate, pour as if from a sluice, irrigate with water from a sluice, transport in or send down a
flood,FLUSH,rinse,wash,flow,irrigate,Wash out,deluge,drench,engulf
No antonyms found.
slugworm => Slug, slugs => Slugs, slug-horn => slug-horn, sluggy => slow, sluggishness => sluggishness,
