as in to rinse
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
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Recent Examples of sluice
Melanie Haiken, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
The nozzle is powered by a pump and the material sucked up from the riverbed passes through a sluice box that separates out gold and discharges other material back into the river.
—Clark Corbin, Idaho Statesman, 9 July 2024
Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Equally, dramas are frequently sluiced with humor, making dramedies one of the major trends of this year’s Co-Production and Financing Forum, as Iberseries head Samuel Castro observed.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 7 Oct. 2024
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Verb
At night Mulrooney put the floor sweepings through a sluice, gleaning an extra $100 or so in gold dust daily.
—Melanie Haiken, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
The nozzle is powered by a pump and the material sucked up from the riverbed passes through a sluice box that separates out gold and discharges other material back into the river.
—Clark Corbin, Idaho Statesman, 9 July 2024
Noun
Most of us are aware, in the wake of the Panama Papers and similar leaks, of the extent to which the assets of the wealthy are sluiced offshore into tax havens.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Equally, dramas are frequently sluiced with humor, making dramedies one of the major trends of this year’s Co-Production and Financing Forum, as Iberseries head Samuel Castro observed.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 7 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sluice
Verb
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Blowing air and rinsing with water and alcohol, dropped it further to 87 particles per liter.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
5 July 2025
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When the berries are done soaking, gently rinse them with water.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
4 July 2025
Noun
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Meanwhile, a thread on Reddit includes multiple reports of bugs in the third iOS 26 beta, including issues with signal, battery drain, Apple Pay and Wi-Fi.—
Kate O'Flaherty,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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And the open drains at the edge of the pavement, their entropic scent and the terror of falling into the stream of iridescent green slurry that ran through them.—
Ekow Eshun
July 11,
Literary Hub,
11 July 2025
Verb
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The worker then pointed across the lot to Norman — who was washing someone’s car, tending to his summer job, minding his business.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
14 July 2025
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Often problems arise from short-term pollution, which can happen during heavy rainfall that washes waste from sewage plants into the water.—
Katie Nadworny,
Travel + Leisure,
14 July 2025
Noun
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This log flume ride, which debuted in November 2024, is centered on the sites and sounds of 1920s Bayou Country, including zydeco and Afro-Cuban music, Mardi Gras, the culinary traditions of New Orleans and, of course, the region’s critters—crocodiles among them.—
Michelle Baran,
AFAR Media,
27 June 2025
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Every day, Robert Krehbiel takes a measurement from the flume and reports the current flow to the Division of Water Resources.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
26 June 2025
Verb
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For the event, held inside the Four Seasons Hotel, Vergara flushed her cheeks with a color cross between a guava and a peach.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
3 July 2025
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Tipp's reactions to new triggers included throat closing, tongue swelling, flushing, itching, vomiting, diarrhea, brain fog, bone pain, headaches and extreme stomach pain.—
Wendy Grossman Kantor,
People.com,
3 July 2025
Verb
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Days after the Guadalupe River flooded and claimed dozens of lives, another major river in Texas has triggered warnings from the National Weather Service.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
14 July 2025
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Thousands of comments flooded the platform owned by Trump.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
14 July 2025
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“Sluice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sluice. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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