silt
21silt — silt1 [ sılt ] noun uncount sand, dirt, and very small rocks that are carried from one place to another by moving water silt silt 2 [ sılt ] verb ,silt up phrasal verb intransitive to become filled with silt …
22silt — /sɪlt / (say silt) noun 1. earthy matter, fine sand, or the like, carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment. –verb (i) Also, silt up. 2. to become filled or choked up with silt. –verb (t) Also, silt up. 3. to fill or choke up …
23silt — silt1 [sılt] n [U] [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language] sand, mud, soil etc that is carried in water and then settles at a bend in a river, an entrance to a port etc silt 2 silt2 v silt up phr v if something silts up… …
24silt — I. noun Etymology: Middle English cylte, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect sylt beach flooded at high tide; akin to Old High German sulza salt marsh, Old English sealt salt Date: 15th century 1. loose sedimentary material …
25silt — [[t]sɪ̱lt[/t]] silts, silting, silted N UNCOUNT Silt is fine sand, soil, or mud which is carried along by a river. The lake was almost solid with silt and vegetation. Phrasal Verbs: silt up …
26silt — de·silt; silt·age; silt; …
27silt — I UK [sɪlt] / US noun [uncountable] sand, dirt, and very small rocks that are carried from one place to another by moving water II UK [sɪlt] / US verb Word forms silt : present tense I/you/we/they silt he/she/it silts present participle silting… …
28silt up — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms silt up : present tense I/you/we/they silt up he/she/it silts up present participle silting up past tense silted up past participle silted up to become filled with silt …
29silt — [[t]sɪlt[/t]] n. 1) gel earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment 2) gel to become filled or choked up with silt 3) gel to fill or choke up with silt • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME cylte… …
30silt — 1. noun /sɪlt/lang=en a) Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water. b) Material with similar physical characteristics, whatever its origins or transport. 2. verb /sɪlt/lang=en a) To clog or fill with silt. b) To become clogged… …
