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Silt
see synonyms of siltNoun
1. silt
mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
Verb
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Silt
see synonyms of siltnoun
1.
a fine deposit of mud, clay, etc, esp one in a river or lake
verb
2. (usually foll by up)
to fill or become filled with silt; choke
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Silt
see synonyms of silt noun
1.
sediment suspended in stagnant water or carried by moving water, that often accumulates on the bottom of rivers, bays, etc., esp. such sediment with particles smaller than sand and larger than clay
2.
soil composed of 80 percent or more silt and less than 12 percent clay
verb transitive, verb intransitive
3.
to fill, cover, or choke up with silt
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Silt
see synonyms of siltn.
A sedimentary material consisting of very fine particles intermediate in size between sand and clay.
v. silt·ed, silt·ing, silts
v.intr.
To become filled with silt: an old channel that silted up.
v.tr.
To fill, cover, or obstruct with silt: River sediments gradually silted the harbor.
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