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- pronunciation:
- slus
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a man-made channel, fitted with a control gate, through which water flows.
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| definition 2: |
the water controlled by such a channel and gate.
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| definition 3: |
a man-made inclined water channel for transporting objects such as logs.
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| related words: |
channel, lock |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
sluices, sluicing, sluiced |
| definition 1: |
to fill with or drain of water using a sluice.
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| definition 2: |
to wash or rinse with a large quantity of water.
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| definition 3: |
to transport using a sluice.
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| related words: |
drain |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to pour or flow from, or as if from, a sluice.
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