sluice
తూము
definition
verb
she sluiced her face in cold water
wash or rinse freely with a stream or shower of water.
noun
The sluice gate regulates the volume of water that strikes the wheel, and has to be judged with some care to prevent the mill stones from spinning too fast and vibrating too much.
a sliding gate or other device for controlling the flow of water, especially one in a lock gate.
a sluice with cold water
an act of rinsing or showering with water.
translation of 'sluice'
తూము,
వాకిలి
example
This had caused levels in the lodge to fluctuate and water had to be diverted from the stream via a 'sluice' .
He could hear Joe working the handle of the 'sluice' that would send water gushing into the other troughs.
Having left my shoes outside at the reception desk I was given a locker for my clothes and belongings, before being ushered by the receptionist into the shower room for a thorough 'sluice' down and then put into a steam room for 15 minutes.
a 'sluice' with cold water
I can't cite any similar highhandness on Woodward's part, nor is he the sort to 'sluice' the words of authorities directly into his journalism.
He even made a 'sluice' of tin and boards to catch and carry the rainwater to the parched crops.
Especially as it said that in case of contact with the mucous membrane - that's another expression to make us girls feel good about ourselves - you're supposed to 'sluice' yourself down right away with lots of water.
If rain falls into the bird's mouth, theoretically it could 'sluice' down the windpipe past the larynx and into the lungs.
Dozens of small balsa-wood structures were scattered on the cement floor, both within and outside the ambit of a crude wooden 'sluice' system that carried a fitfully circulating trickle of water.
Huge mounds of river rock stand with great hubris along the creek banks, remnants of the exhaustive 'sluice' and placer mining operations that once took place on the town's perimeter.
She stopped, staring, as several score thoughts and fears, feelings and emotions kicked her in the tail, clenching her gut and sending a 'sluice' of cold water down her spine.
Gravels were added to a 'sluice' box, and gravity-sorting concentrated the gold.
Then 'sluice' everything down with a coffee tarek.
Water was pumped by an old fire-engine from the creek to the quarry to 'sluice' clay off the stone.
In the cage, I could hear only the 'sluice' and swoosh of rushing and retreating water.
They have 1.7 grams after two programmes out of six which seems reasonable bearing in mind that they also have some left not weighed in the fibrous material they use to catch the gold particles from their 'sluice' .
a 'sluice' with cold water
This large drain runs straight in a North Easterly direction, under various bridges, the Well Creek, eventually ending at a 'sluice' which separates the fresh water from the salt water of the Tidal Ouse.
We still use it for watering the garden and I have been known to 'sluice' the back of my neck under it on a hot afternoon (not often this summer).
A single spotlight on the 'sluice gate' attracts the shrimp.
Once the water is 'sluiced' off, the brakes might suddenly get big power.
Other work will include restoration of the 'sluice gate' , iron work, edging stones and walling.
He chops wood, mows his own field, goes knee-deep into mud to clean 'sluices' in his own pond, prunes back elder trees and picks pears.
And once we'd boxed up his butchering gear and 'sluiced' down the boards of the wagon, a bucket at a time, it became something we never talked on again.
The 'sluice gate' regulates the volume of water that strikes the wheel, and has to be judged with some care to prevent the mill stones from spinning too fast and vibrating too much.
As the hot, revitalising water began 'sluicing' through her hair, gentle jazz piano wafted from the main dorm.
We will have an intersection here the size of a village, twin bridges spanning the banks of the mighty ring road, a centrifuge pulsing cars through 'sluiceways' .
What he wants to do is send you to bed with ice water 'sluicing' down your nape and a knot of unease in your gut.
Coming up and 'sluicing' the water from his face he got his bearings and then swam over to where Rebecca was leaning against the wall.
As winter came and went, and the bulldozer came and went with it, the main access roads turned into deep trenches, 'sluicing' runoff and causing serious erosion.
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