1 (also sluice gate) a sliding gate or other device for controlling the flow of water, especially one in a lock gate:the water gushed through the sluiceslake levels are now regulated by sluices
(also sluiceway) an artificial water channel for carrying off overflow or surplus water.
(in gold mining) a channel or trough constructed with grooves into which a current of water is directed in order to separate gold from the ore containing it.
2an act of rinsing or showering with water:a sluice with cold water
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Universal
wash or rinse freely with a stream or shower of water:she sluiced her face in cold watercrews sluiced down the decks of their ship
[no object, with adverbial of direction] (of water) pour or flow freely:the waves sluiced over them
