noun🔗ShareهويسAn artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for example in a canal lock or a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow."The farmer opened the sluice to release water from the irrigation canal onto his thirsty fields. "فتح المزارع الهويس لإطلاق المياه من قناة الري على حقوله المتعطشة.utilityarchitecturetechnologyenvironmentmachinedeviceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Shareهويس، بوابة مائيةA water gate or floodgate."The farmer opened the sluice to release water from the reservoir and irrigate his fields. "فتح المزارع الهويس لإطلاق المياه من الخزان وري حقوله.utilityarchitectureenvironmentagriculturenauticalbuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Shareقناة، ممر مائيHence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply."The kitchen sink's drain is a sluice for excess water. "بالوعة حوض المطبخ هي قناة للمياه الزائدة.utilitystructuretechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Shareقناة، ممر مائيThe stream flowing through a floodgate."The sluice gate opened, releasing a strong stream of water. "فتح باب القناة، مطلقا تيارا قويا من الماء.architectureutilityenvironmentgeographynaturesystemtechnologyplaceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Shareهويس، قناة غسيلA long box or trough through which water flows, used for washing auriferous earth."The gold prospectors used the sluice to wash the dirt, hoping to find gold. "استخدم المنقبون عن الذهب الهويس لغسل الأوساخ، على أمل العثور على الذهب.geologyutilityagriculturetechnologymachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Shareحذف wh، sluicingAn instance of wh-stranding ellipsis, or sluicing."The teacher's question, "Who wants to volunteer for the project?" elicited a sluice, as several students replied, "I do." "سؤال المعلم، "من يريد التطوع في المشروع؟" أثار حذف wh، حيث أجاب العديد من الطلاب: "أنا أريد ذلك".linguisticsgrammarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Shareصرف، تصريفTo emit by, or as by, flood gates."The dam operator sluiced the water from the reservoir to refill the town's water supply. "قام مشغل السد بتصريف المياه من الخزان لإعادة ملء إمدادات المياه في المدينة.utilityenvironmenttechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Shareغمر، سقى بغزارةTo wet copiously, as by opening a sluice"to sluice meadows"غمر المروجutilityactionenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareشطفTo wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice."The farmer sluiced the muddy well with a powerful hose, washing away the dirt. "شطف المزارع البئر الموحلة بخرطوم قوي، فغسل الأوساخ.agricultureutilityenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Shareشطف، غسل(more generally) To wash (down or out)."After the messy art project, the teacher had to sluice the paint off the tables with a hose. "بعد مشروع الفن الفوضوي، كان على المعلم أن يشطف الطلاء عن الطاولات بخرطوم.utilityactionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Shareصرف، سكبTo flow, pour."The water from the leaky faucet sluiced down the counter. "انساب الماء من الصنبور المتسرب على المنضدة.actionnatureprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Shareحذف 'C' في سؤال wh منسقTo elide the C` in a coordinated wh-question. See sluicing.""I know we need to buy something, but I don't remember what," where "what" sluices the rest of the question "what we need to buy". "أعلم أننا بحاجة إلى شراء شيء ما، لكنني لا أتذكر ماذا،grammarlinguisticsphoneticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
