1. washed or rinsed with a sudden flow or stream of water
2. flowed or poured rapidly like water through a sluice
3. controlled the flow of water through a sluice gate or channel
Usage: technical

Examples

• The firefighters sluiced the burning building with water from their hoses.
• She sluiced the mud off her boots with the garden hose.
• Rain sluiced down the mountainside in torrents.
• Water sluiced through the broken dam.
• The workers sluiced the mining equipment to remove dirt and debris.
• The engineer sluiced water through the irrigation channels.
• Blood sluiced from the wound before the medic could stop it.