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sluice

English

  1. 🔊 conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
  2. 🔊 irrigate with water from a sluice
    “sluice the earth”
  3. 🔊 draw through a sluice
    “sluice water”
  4. 🔊 transport in or send down a sluice
    “sluice logs”
  5. 🔊 pour as if from a sluice
    “An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 compuerta sluice

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