sluice

sluice  (sls)

n.

1.

a. An artificial channel for conducting water, with a valve or gate to regulate the flow: sluices connecting a reservoir with irrigated fields.

b. A valve or gate used in such a channel; a floodgate: open sluices to flood a dry dock. Also called sluice gate.

2. A body of water impounded behind a floodgate.

3. A sluiceway.

4. A long inclined trough, as for carrying logs or separating gold ore.

v. sluiced, sluic·ing, sluic·es

v.tr.

1. To flood or drench with or as if with a flow of released water.

2. To wash with water flowing in a sluice: sluicing sediment for gold.

3. To draw off or let out by a sluice: sluice floodwater.

4. To send (logs, for example) down a sluice.

v.intr.

To flow out from or as if from a sluice.

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[Middle English scluse, from Old French escluse, from Late Latin exclsa, from Latin, feminine past participle of excldere, to shut out; see exclude.]

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sluice [sluːs]

n

1. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) Also called sluiceway a channel that carries a rapid current of water, esp one that has a sluicegate to control the flow

2. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) the body of water controlled by a sluicegate

3. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) See sluicegate

4. (Mining & Quarrying) Mining an inclined trough for washing ore, esp one having riffles on the bottom to trap particles

5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) an artificial channel through which logs can be floated

6. Informal a brief wash in running water

vb

1. (tr) to draw out or drain (water, etc.) from (a pond, etc.) by means of a sluice

2. (tr) to wash or irrigate with a stream of water

3. (Mining & Quarrying) (tr) Mining to wash in a sluice

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) (tr) to send (logs, etc.) down a sluice

5. (intr; often foll by away or out) (of water, etc.) to run or flow from or as if from a sluice

6. (tr) to provide with a sluice

[from Old French escluse, from Late Latin exclūsa aqua water shut out, from Latin exclūdere to shut out, exclude]

sluicelike  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sluice - conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate sluiceway, penstock conduit - a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass; "the computers were connected through a system of conduits" head gate, penstock, sluice valve, sluicegate, water gate, floodgate - regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice
Verb	1.	sluice - pour as if from a sluice; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef" sluice down rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, pelt, stream, pour - rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"
	2.	sluice - irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth" flush souse, soak, sop, dowse, drench, douse - cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"
	3.	sluice - transport in or send down a sluice; "sluice logs" transport - move something or somebody around; usually over long distances
	4.	sluice - draw through a sluice; "sluice water" draw, take out - take liquid out of a container or well; "She drew water from the barrel"

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sluice

verb drain, cleanse, flush, drench, wash out, wash down sluicing off dust at the town fountain

Translations

sluice [sluːs]

A. N (= gate) → esclusa f, compuerta f; (= waterway) → canal m, conducto m; (= barrier) → dique m de contención
to give sth a sluice down → regar algo, echar agua sobre algo(para lavarlo)

B. VT to sluice sth down or out → regar algo, echar agua sobre algo(para lavarlo)

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sluice [ˈsluːs]

n → écluse f

vt
to sluice down, to sluice out → laver à grande eau
sluice gate n → porte f d'écluse

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sluice

n → Schleuse f; (Min) → (Wasch)rinne f; to give the car/wall a sluice down → Wasser über das Auto/gegen die Wand schütten; (with hose) → das Auto/die Wand abspritzen

vt ore → waschen; to sluice something (down) → etw abspritzen

vi to sluice out → herausschießen

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sluice:

sluicegate

n → Schleusentor nt

sluiceway

n → (Schleusen)kanal m

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sluice [sluːs]

1. n (also sluicegate) → chiusa (also sluiceway) → canale m di chiusa

2. vt to sluice down or out → lavare con abbondante acqua

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sluice [sluːs]

1. n (also sluicegate) → chiusa (also sluiceway) → canale m di chiusa

2. vt to sluice down or out → lavare con abbondante acqua

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sluice

n sluice [sluːs]

1 (oftenˈsluice-gate) a sliding gate for controlling a flow of water in an artificial channel We shall have to open the sluice. sluis بوابَةٌ مُتَحَرِّكَه لِتَنظيم تَدَفُّق الماء من السَّد шлюз výpustný otvor sluse(-port) die Schleuse υδατοφράκτης esclusa, compuerta vesivärav, lüüs سد sulkuportti écluse מָגוֹף जलद्वार, जलकपटा brana, ustava zsilip pintu air flóðgátt chiusa 水門 수문 šliuzas slūžas pintu air sluis sluseport śluza comporta ecluză шлюз stavidlo zapornica brana sluss[] ประตูน้ำปิดเปิดบังคับการไหลของน้ำในคลอง savak 水閘 шлюз پانی کے بہاؤ کو روکنے والا سرکواں در یا پٹ cửa cống 水闸

2 the channel or the water which flows through it. sluis قَناة تَصْريف الماء бент kanál sluse der Schleusenkanal ρεύμα νερού που περνά από υδατοφράκτη canal (äravoolu)kanal كانال laskukanava canal תְעָלַת מָיִם नहर, कुल्या, जलमार्ग kanal, žlijeb kifolyó(csatorna) saluran skurður, renna, ræsi canale せき水 수로, 수로를 흐르는 물 kanalas kanāls saluran sluiswater sluserenne/-vann kanał canal canal канал kanál kanal brana slussningsvatten, ström ช่องระบายน้ำ savaktan akan su 水槽 канал اس سے گزرنے والا پانی kênh đào 水槽