sluicing

verb

present participle of sluice
as in rinsing
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 Synonyms for sluicing
  1. rinsing
  2. washing
  3. flushing
  4. flooding
Verb
  • Employee was observed rinsing vegetables in the hand wash sink.
    — NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Soap Wasn’t Fully Rinsed Residue left from not fully rinsing away soap during cleaning can become sticky and attract food particles.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of rinsing
Verb
  • Airbnb guests can say goodbye to checkout chores like washing dishes, stripping beds and taking out the trash under a new policy announced this week.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • An employee handled dirty utensils and dishes with gloves on and later handled clean dishes with those same gloves without washing hands in between.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of washing
Verb
  • The scientists are planning to travel there in 2028 to deploy instruments able to document the flushing in and out of seawater.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Next to the kitchen is the bathroom, which has a walk-in shower and a flushing toilet.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of flushing
Verb
  • As high tide peaked Monday morning, water surged from Newport Harbor onto the streets of the Balboa Peninsula flooding some businesses in the Balboa Fun Zone.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
  • That means Treasury will need to keep borrowing — a lot, flooding the market with bonds.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of flooding
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