sluice
verb/sluːs/
/sluːs/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they sluice | /sluːs/ /sluːs/ |
| he / she / it sluices | /ˈsluːsɪz/ /ˈsluːsɪz/ |
| past simple sluiced | /sluːst/ /sluːst/ |
| past participle sluiced | /sluːst/ /sluːst/ |
| -ing form sluicing | /ˈsluːsɪŋ/ /ˈsluːsɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] to wash something with a stream of water
- sluice something down The ship's crew was sluicing down the deck.
- sluice something out Residents are sluicing out their homes after flash floods at the weekend.
- sluice something with something I quickly sluiced my face with cold water.
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. (of water) to flow somewhere in large quantities
- Rain was sluicing down.
- Water came sluicing out of the house.
Word OriginMiddle English (as a noun): from Old French escluse ‘sluice gate’, based on Latin excludere ‘exclude’. The verb dates from the late 16th cent.
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