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desilting

desilting is the present participle and gerund of desilt.

Meaning of desilt

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.

Noun

desilting (countable and uncountable, plural desiltings)

  1. The action of removing silt

Forms of desilting

pluraldesiltings

Questions about desilting

What does desilting mean?
Desilting means the action of removing silt.
What is desilting the present participle and gerund of?
Desilting is the present participle and gerund of desilt.
What part of speech is desilting?
Desilting is a noun.
What is the plural of desilting?
The plural of desilting is desiltings.

Words near desilting in the dictionary

  1. desiltation
  2. desiltations
  3. desilted
  4. desilter
  5. desilters
  6. desilting
  7. desiltings
  8. desilts
  9. Desilva
  10. Desilvas
  11. desilver

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Adapted from Wiktionary: desilting (page history and authors); desilt (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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