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silting up

silting up is the present participle and gerund 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 silting up

What is silting up the present participle and gerund of?
Silting up is the present participle and gerund of silt up.

Words near silting up in the dictionary

  1. silthiofam
  2. siltier
  3. siltiest
  4. siltiness
  5. silting
  6. silting up
  7. siltite
  8. siltites
  9. siltlike
  10. silts
  11. silts up

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