sluice

• Sustantivo que designa un canal o conducto por el que fluye una corriente rápida de agua, generalmente regulado por una compuerta o esclusa. También puede referirse a la compuerta misma o al acto de abrir o dejar pasar agua a través de ella.

A noun referring to a channel or conduit that carries a rapid flow of water, typically controlled by a gate (sluicegate).

1. Water control channelC1formal

   A channel or passage that carries a fast-moving stream of water, typically controlled by a gate (sluice gate).

   Compuerta de canal

   • The miller opened the sluice to let water turn the wheel.
   • Heavy rain caused the sluice to overflow.
   • The engineers repaired the sluice to prevent flooding.

   Sinónimoschannelconduitflumeracesluicewaywaterway

• Verbo que significa lavar o arrastrar con un chorro de agua, o fluir o salir en un torrente.

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.

   Verter o fluir abundantemente

   • 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.

   Sinónimoscascadefloodgushpourrushspoutstreamsurge

2. Irrigate using a sluiceC1formaltechnical

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

   Regar mediante esclusa o canal

   • 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.

   Sinónimosirrigatewater

3. Transport via a sluiceC1formaltechnical

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

   Transportar por esclusa

   • 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.

   Hacer pasar por una esclusa

   • 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.

   Sinónimoschannelconveydirectdraw offflushfunnel

Variantes phrasalsluice down