noun
- artificial water channels with gates to control flow
- gates or valves used to control water flow
verb
- washes or rinses with a large flow of water
- flows out rapidly in large quantities
Examples
- The dam’s sluices were opened to release excess water.
- Gold miners used sluices to separate gold from dirt and gravel.
- The irrigation sluices directed water to the rice fields.
- She sluices the deck with a garden hose every morning.
- Water sluices down the mountainside after heavy rain.
- The factory sluices its equipment with industrial cleaners.
- Rain sluices off the roof into the gutters below.