sluice

sluice

verb

Definition of SLUICE

to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse <he sluiced the gutters with lots of water in order to make sure they were clear>

Synonyms irrigate, rinse, sluice, wash, wash out

Related Words deluge, engulf, flood, inundate, swamp; flow, gush, rush, stream; douche, hose; drench, saturate, soak; douse (also dowse), slosh, splash