AGGRADE

aggrade

(verb) build up to a level by depositing sediment

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

aggrade (third-person singular simple present aggrades, present participle aggrading, simple past and past participle aggraded)

(transitive, geology) to raise the level of a river bed by the deposition of sediment

Anagrams

• garaged

Source: Wiktionary


Ag*grade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aggraded; p. pr. & vb. n. Aggrading.] (Phys. Geog.)

Definition: To bring, or tend to bring, to a uniform grade, or slope, by addition of material; as, streams aggrade their beds by depositing sediment.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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