Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sluice

1 sense of sluice

Sense 1
sluice, sluiceway, penstock -- (conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate)
       => conduit -- (a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass; "the computers were connected through a system of conduits")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sluice

4 senses of sluice

Sense 1
sluice, sluice down -- (pour as if from a sluice; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef")
       => pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets -- (rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!")

Sense 2
sluice, flush -- (irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth")
       => drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse -- (cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face")

Sense 3
sluice -- (transport in or send down a sluice; "sluice logs")
       => transport -- (move something or somebody around; usually over long distances)

Sense 4
sluice -- (draw through a sluice; "sluice water")
       => draw, take out -- (take liquid out of a container or well; "She drew water from the barrel")