Definisjon av sluice

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Noun

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"

Verb

sluice - irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth"
flush
dowse, drench, sop, souse, douse, soak use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal
sluice - draw through a sluice; "sluice water"
take out, draw buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food; "We'll take out pizza, since I am too tired to cook"
sluice - transport in or send down a sluice; "sluice logs"
transport move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river"
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 cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They pelted each other with snowballs"
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Substantiv

sluice - An artificial 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.
sluice - Hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply.
sluice - The stream flowing through a flood gate.
sluice - A long box or trough through which water flows, used for washing auriferous earth.
sluice - An instance of wh-stranding ellipsis, or sluicing.

Verb

sluice - To emit by, or as by, flood gates. -Milton.
sluice - To wet copiously, as by opening a sluice; as, to sluice meadows. Howitt.
sluice - To elide the C` in a coordinated wh-question.

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  • A sluice is a water channel that is controlled at its head by a gate (from Dutch word 'sluis'). For example, a millrace is a sluice that channels water toward a water mill. The terms "sluice gate", "knife gate", and "slide gate" are used interchangeably in the water/wastewater control industry.

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  • sluice
    Vertical sliding gate or valve to regulate the flow of water in a channel or lock.

Verb

  • Infinitiv: (to) sluice
  • Presens: sluice / sluices
  • Preteritum: sluiced
  • Perfektum: (have) sluiced

Substantiv

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  • Flertall: sluices

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