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Plural for 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.”
Plural for a long, narrow, typically vertical hole that provides passage
Plural for a small stream of running water
Plural for an adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice
Plural for the water as affected by the tide
Plural for a pipe that is a conduit for water
Plural for an artificial barrier across a river or estuary
Plural for any soft, wet and pulpy mass
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.”
Remove accumulated matter from (a drain or other channel)
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