sluicing

• صفة تشير إلى ما يتدفق أو ينساب بقوة كالماء المنطلق من بوابة أو سد، أو إلى المطر الغزير المنهمر.

An obsolete adjective meaning 'pouring or flowing like a sluice; drenching.' It is no longer in common use.

1. Pouring or flowing heavilyC1formal

   Describing a flow of water that is strong, heavy, or gushing, as if from a sluice gate.

   متدفق بقوة

   • The sluicing rain flooded the streets within minutes.
   • Sluicing water from the dam roared down the channel.
   • The sluicing current made the river crossing dangerous.

   المرادفاتcascadingfloodinggushingpouringrushingspoutingstreamingsurging

• فعل يعني غسل شيء أو إزاحته بنفاثة من الماء، أو التدفق والسيلان كالماء المنصرف عبر قناة أو فتحة.

A verb meaning to wash or flush out with a stream of water, or to flow out in a stream.

1. Pour or flow freelyC1formal

   To cause water or another liquid to flow in a large stream, as if released from a sluice gate.

   صبّ أو تدفّق بحرية

   • The water sluiced down the mountainside after the dam broke.
   • He sluiced the mud off the deck with a hose.
   • Rainwater sluiced through the gutters during the storm.

   المرادفاتcascadefloodgushpourrushspoutstreamsurge

2. Irrigate using a sluiceC1formaltechnical

   To supply land with water by means of a sluice or channel.

   الري بالهويس

   • Farmers sluice their fields from the nearby canal.
   • The ancient system sluiced the valley with river water.
   • They sluiced the dry soil to prepare it for planting.

   المرادفاتirrigatewater

3. Transport via a sluiceC1formaltechnical

   To send or move something, such as logs or ore, down a sluice channel.

   نقل عبر القناة المائية

   • The logs were sluiced down the river to the sawmill.
   • Miners sluiced gravel to separate gold from sediment.
   • They sluiced the debris away from the construction site.

4. Draw through a sluiceC1formaltechnical

   To pass or draw something through a sluice or similar channel.

   التصريف عبر الهويس

   • The water was sluiced through the narrow channel to power the mill.
   • They sluiced the liquid through a filter to remove impurities.
   • The system sluices the coolant through the engine block.

   المرادفاتchannelconveydirectdraw offflushfunnel

الصيغ المركّبةsluice down