sluice
noun
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate sluice gate at the upper end for regulating the flow.
sluicing
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present participleof sluice.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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The action sets sail with a hefty oceanic sequence where Edwards leans on his expertise in sluicing fins and underwater ka-thumps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2025
Fish and Wildlife Service, which otherwise protects the birds — the Corps in 2015 unleashed a concerted kill program on the cormorants to control predation on baby salmon sluicing downriver to the sea.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2024
Thawing permafrost is undermining Indigenous villages, summer sea ice is vanishing, and water is sluicing off Greenland’s ice sheet in record amounts.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 14, 2021
Rather than sluicing rain away, as would happen on a concrete or asphalt sidewalk, the permeable gravel allows water to seep down.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2021
“Pooh!” said he, sluicing his face, and speaking through the water-drops; “it’s nothing, Pip. I like that Spider though.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
