to silt

Examples

• All

• As rivers slow, they drop their sand, and harbors silt up and deltas spread.

  Academic text (1998)

• Depending on your choice of metaphor, the old channels are silting over or becoming very snowy.

  Academic text (1997)

• After about six generations, sea levels fell, and the surrounding swamps silted up.

  Academic text (2006)

• This aggravated the fundamental problem because the river silted up and rose while the surrounding land subsided.

  Academic text (2006)

• The port of Paestum in southern Italy silted up completely, and the town declined, while Ravenna lost its access to the sea.

  Academic text (1990)

• As a consequence, some wetlands are silting up into muddy pools.

  Academic text (2007)

• The Oostercnd fishermen joined forces in an attempt to maintain their harbor, which had silted up in the 1850s.

  Academic text (1996)

• Farmers and ranchers are cutting and burning trees, degrading watersheds, and allowing rivers and dams to silt up.

  Academic text (1994)

• Mountainous as it is, Arcadia does have some valleys silted up with alluvial soil.

  Academic text (1998)

• The heavy rainfall caused the river to silt up, making navigation impossible for boats.

Synonyms

S

to silt up

vsto silt

1 6.9

To become filled with mud and sand so boats cannot pass in a river or harbor

is the same action but used as a single word verb form

S

to sediment

vsto silt

• Specialized

1 7.0

To make small bits sink and collect at the bottom of a liquid

focuses specifically on filling or blocking with fine river material

Antonyms

C

to clear

∞ 1.5

To remove people or things from a place

Phrasal Verbs

S

to silt up

1 6.9

To become filled with mud and sand so boats cannot pass in a river or harbor

How Blocked

to silt

1 5.6

to block

∞ 3.0

to flow

259 1.6

Surface Forms

Etymology