silt

6 definitions found

silt - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Silt \Silt\ (s[i^]lt), n. [OE. silte gravel, fr. silen to drain,
     E. sile; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. sila, prob. akin
     to AS. se['o]n to filter, s[imac]gan to fall, sink, cause to
     sink, G. seihen to strain, to filter, OHG. s[imac]han, Icel.
     s[imac]a, Skr. sic to pour; cf. Gr. 'ikma`s moisture. Cf.
     Sig, Sile.]
     Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
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  Silt \Silt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Silted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Silting.]
     To choke, fill, or obstruct with silt or mud.
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  Silt \Silt\, v. i.
     To flow through crevices; to percolate.
     [1913 Webster]

silt - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  silt
      n 1: mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
      v 1: become chocked with silt; "The river silted up" [syn: silt up
           , silt]

silt - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Silt, CO (town, FIPS 70195)
    Location: 39.54965 N, 107.65382 W
    Population (1990): 1095 (481 housing units)
    Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 81652

silt - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "silt":
     alluvion, alluvium, ash, cinder, clinker, debris, deposit,
     deposition, deposits, detritus, diluvium, draff, dregs, drift,
     dross, ember, feces, froth, grounds, lees, loess, moraine, offscum,
     ooze, precipitate, precipitation, scoria, scree, scum, sediment,
     settlings, sinter, slag, sludge, smut, soot, sublimate