Uk English Meaning of sluices
sluices
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Definitions and Meaning of sluices in English
sluices
to draw off by or through a sluice, an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow, drench, flush, a body of water held back by a gate or a stream flowing through a gate, such a contrivance paved usually with riffles to hold quicksilver for catching gold, to transport (logs) in a sluice, a device (as a floodgate) for controlling the flow of water, to pour as if from a sluice, a channel to drain or carry off surplus water, a dock gate, a long inclined trough usually on the ground, a channel that carries off surplus water, a stream flowing through a floodgate, a body of water pent up behind a floodgate, an artificial passage for water with a gate for controlling its flow or changing its direction, a long sloping trough (as for floating logs to a sawmill), to wash with or in water running through or from a sluice, to drench with a sudden flow
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sluices
to draw off by or through a sluice, an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow, drench, fl
floods,blush,rinses,washes,flows,streams,Washes out,floods,drenches,gushes
No antonyms found.
slugging (down) => slowing down, sluggers => sluggers, slugged (down) => slow-moving, sluggardly => lazy, slug (down) => slug (down),
