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silting
silt S0409200 (sĭlt)n. 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.
[Middle English sylt, probably of Scandinavian origin; see sal- in Indo-European roots.]
silt·a′tion n.silt′y adj.Translationssilting
silting[′silt·iŋ] (civil engineering) The filling up or raising of the bed of a body of water by depositing silt. (geology) The deposition or accumulation of stream-deposited silt that is suspended in a body of standing water. ThesaurusSeesilt |