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An artificial passage for water, typically fitted with a valve or gate
“The man on the surface uses his pole to dislodge stones so the outflow can run freely down the sluice into which the gold-bearing pay dirt is meant to settle.”
An adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice
A long, narrow, typically vertical hole that provides passage
A small stream of running water
The water as affected by the tide
A pipe that is a conduit for water
An artificial barrier across a river or estuary
Any soft, wet and pulpy mass
To wash or rinse freely with a stream or shower of water
“Then sluice everything down with a coffee tarek.”
To emit by, or as by, flood gates
“If rain falls into the bird's mouth, theoretically it could sluice down the windpipe past the larynx and into the lungs.”
To remove accumulated matter from (a drain or other channel)
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