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SILT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("silt" is a kind of...):

dirt; soil (the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock)

Derivation:

silt (become chocked with silt)

silty (full of silt)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become chocked with silt

Example:

The river silted up

Synonyms:

silt; silt up

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "silt" is one way to...):

back up; choke; choke off; clog; clog up; congest; foul (become or cause to become obstructed)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

silt (mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake)

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