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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake;


VERB (1)

1. become chocked with silt;
- Example: "The river silted up"
[syn: silt up, silt]


The 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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Silt \Silt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Silted; p. pr. & vb. n. Silting.] To choke, fill, or obstruct with silt or mud. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Silt \Silt\, v. i. To flow through crevices; to percolate. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]
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
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Silt, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado Population (2000): 1740 Housing Units (2000): 668 Land area (2000): 2.821723 sq. miles (7.308230 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.821723 sq. miles (7.308230 sq. km) FIPS code: 70195 Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08 Location: 39.546316 N, 107.652072 W ZIP Codes (1990): 81652 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Silt, CO Silt