[
US
/ˈsɫusɪŋ/
]
[ UK /slˈuːsɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /slˈuːsɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
pouring from or as if from a sluice
the sluicing rain
How To Use sluicing In A Sentence
- the sluicing rain
- The ship's crew was sluicing down the deck.
- The ship's crew was sluicing down the deck.
- The ore itself had to be weathered before sluicing in a process similar to gold placering, in which dirt was washed through sluice boxes so that heavier elements-like gold and sapphires-dropped to the bottom and became lodged in riffles.
- His laughter, she thought, was worth it every time - that slow cool trickle that felt like the ocean sluicing over your toes.
- From inside the bedroom there came the sounds of industrious clearing up and the sound of water sluicing into a large tub filled the antechamber.
- The Firth of Lorn is so full of warring tiderips sluicing through deep, slender channels between the swarming islands, it is seldom still.
- What he wants to do is send you to bed with ice water sluicing down your nape and a knot of unease in your gut.
- Having no towel, she had to get out and stand for a while, sluicing the water from her body in an attempt to dry herself enough to put her clothes back on.
- An attendant was sluicing out the changing rooms.