silt up en · VERB
Meanings
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(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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| silting up | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| silts up | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| silted up | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| silted up | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Translations (6)
pt assorear (become filled or clogged with silt) · it ostruirsi (become filled or clogged with silt) · fr envaser (become filled or clogged with silt) · pl zamulać się (become filled or clogged with silt) · pl zamulić się (become filled or clogged with silt) · sv slamma igen (become filled or clogged with silt)