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desilt

desilt verb: to remove suspended silt from the water.

Verb

desilt (third-person singular simple present desilts, present participle desilting, simple past and past participle desilted)

  1. to remove suspended silt from the water.

desilt meaning in Tamil

desilt in Tamil

ஆறு, துறைமுகம் முதலியவற்றில் தூர்வாரு

Forms of desilt

third-person singular presentdesilts
present participledesilting
past participledesilted
pastdesilted

Origin of desilt

From de- + silt.

Words formed from desilt

Questions about desilt

What does desilt mean?
Desilt means to remove suspended silt from the water.
What is desilt in Tamil?
Desilt in Tamil is ஆறு, துறைமுகம் முதலியவற்றில் தூர்வாரு. See Desilt meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is desilt?
Desilt is a verb.
What is the past tense of desilt?
The past tense of desilt is desilted.

Words near desilt in the dictionary

  1. desilo
  2. desiloed
  3. desiloing
  4. desiloization
  5. desilos
  6. desilt
  7. desiltation
  8. desiltations
  9. desilted
  10. desilter
  11. desilters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: desilt (page history and authors); desilt (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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