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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024silt /sɪlt/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Geologyearth carried by moving water and deposited as a sediment.
v. - Geology silt up, to (cause to) become filled or choked up with silt: [no object]The lake silted up.[~ + up + object]The mud silted up the lake.
silt•y, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024silt (silt),USA pronunciation n. - Geologyearthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
v.i. - Geologyto become filled or choked up with silt.
v.t. - Geologyto fill or choke up with silt.
- 1400–50; late Middle English cylte gravel, perh. origin, originally salty deposit; compare Old English unsylt unsalted, unseasoned, sylting seasoning, syltan to salt, season, Norwegian sylt salty swamp, German Sülze salt marsh, brine
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: silt /sɪlt/ n - a fine deposit of mud, clay, etc, esp one in a river or lake
vb - (usually followed by up) to fill or become filled with silt; choke
Etymology: 15th Century: of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian, Danish sylt salt marsh; related to Old High German sulza salt marsh; see saltsilˈtation n ˈsilty adj |