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silted up

silted up is the simple past and past participle of silt up.

Meaning of silt up

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

Questions about silted up

What is silted up the simple past and past participle of?
Silted up is the simple past and past participle of silt up.

Words near silted up in the dictionary

  1. siltage
  2. siltation
  3. siltations
  4. siltbush
  5. silted
  6. silted up
  7. silthiofam
  8. siltier
  9. siltiest
  10. siltiness
  11. silting

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