sluicing

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

present participle and gerund of sluice

Noun

1. The act by which something is sluiced; a copious wetting; a drenching.
2. A kind of ellipsis, introduced by an interrogative, where (usually) everything except the interrogative is elided from the clause, as in "I like him, but I don't know why".

sluice

• Noun
• Verb

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Synonymes

degradation

erosion

flushing

scouring

torrential

washing

washout

wear down

washing away

water scouring

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ausströmend

torrencial