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[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.
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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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Silt \Silt\, v. i.
To flow through crevices; to percolate.
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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