Main Entry: ²sluice

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): sluiced; sluic·ing

Date: 1596

transitive verb 1 : to draw off by or through a sluice
2 a : to wash with or in water running through or from a sluice b : to drench with a sudden flow : flush
3 : to transport (as logs) in a sluiceintransitive verb : to pour as if from a sluice