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noun
1.
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
2.
the body of water held back or controlled by a sluice gate.
3.
any contrivance for regulating a flow from or into a receptacle.
4.
a channel, especially one carrying off surplus water; drain.
5.
EXPANDa stream of surplus water.
verb (used with object)
8.
to let out (water) by or as if by opening a sluice.
9.
to drain (a pond, lake, etc.) by or as if by opening a sluice.
10.
to open a sluice upon.
11.
to flush or cleanse with a rush of water: to sluice the decks of a boat.
12.
EXPANDMining. to wash in a sluice.
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Sluices
is always a great word to know.
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verb (used without object)
14.
to flow or pour through or as if through a sluice.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English scluse (noun) < Old French escluse < Late Latin exclūsa, a water barrier, noun use of feminine of Latin exclūsus, past participle of exclūdere to exclude
1300–50; Middle English scluse (noun) < Old French escluse < Late Latin exclūsa, a water barrier, noun use of feminine of Latin exclūsus, past participle of exclūdere to exclude
Related forms
sluice·like, adjective
un·der·sluice, noun
un·sluiced, adjective
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Word Origin & History
sluice
c.1340, aphetic of O.Fr. escluse "sluice, floodgate," from L.L. exclusa "barrier to shut out water" (in aqua exclusa "water shut out"), from fem. sing. of L. exclusus, pp. of excludere "shut out" (see exclude).
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