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silts up

silts up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 silts up

What is silts up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Silts up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of silt up.

Words near silts up in the dictionary

  1. silting up
  2. siltite
  3. siltites
  4. siltlike
  5. silts
  6. silts up
  7. siltstone
  8. siltstones
  9. siltuximab
  10. silty
  11. siluciferase

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