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sluicing

/ˈsluːsɪŋ/
noun
  1. The act of washing or flushing something with a stream of water, especially in mining or cleaning.
    • The old method of sluicing for tin was hard work.
    • Sluicing the driveway removed all the mud after the storm.
    • The miners used sluicing to separate gold from gravel.
verb
  1. To wash or flush with a stream of water, often through a channel or pipe.
    • He sluiced the dirt off his boots with a garden hose.
    • They sluiced the deck with buckets of seawater.
    • The farmer sluices the irrigation ditch every spring.
Synonyms
washingrinsing
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