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silt up

silt up verb: to become filled or clogged with silt.

Verb

silt up (third-person singular simple present silts up, present participle silting up, simple past and past participle silted up)

  1. (intransitive) To become filled or clogged with silt.
    • Now the estuary has silted up, and only small pleasure craft can sail up the narrow channel.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 68

Forms of silt up

third-person singular presentsilts up
present participlesilting up
past participlesilted up
pastsilted up

Questions about silt up

What does silt up mean?
Silt up means to become filled or clogged with silt.
What part of speech is silt up?
Silt up is a verb.
What is the past tense of silt up?
The past tense of silt up is silted up.

Words near silt up in the dictionary

  1. silsilas
  2. silska rada
  3. silski rady
  4. Silsoe
  5. silt
  6. silt up
  7. siltage
  8. siltation
  9. siltations
  10. siltbush
  11. silted

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