sluice

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
sluiceway, penstock
• Hypernyms:
conduit
• Part Meronyms:
sluicegate, sluice valve, floodgate, penstock, head gate, water gate

II - verb

1. pour as if from a sluice (Freq. 1)
- An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef
• Syn:
sluice down
• Hypernyms:
pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- It was sluiceing all day long
2. irrigate with water from a sluice (Freq. 1)
- sluice the earth
• Syn:
flush
• Derivationally related forms:
flush (for: flush)
• Hypernyms:
drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. transport in or send down a sluice
- sluice logs
• Hypernyms:
transport
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. draw through a sluice
- sluice water
• Hypernyms:
draw, take out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  sluiceway, penstock, flush, sluice down