SILTED

Verb

silted

simple past tense and past participle of silt

Anagrams

• Steidl, delist, desilt, idlest, lestid, listed, slited, stiled, telsid, tildes

Source: Wiktionary


SILT

Silt, n. Etym: [OE. silte gravel, fr. silen to drain, E. sile; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. sila, prob. akin to AS. seón to filter, sigan to fall, sink, cause to sink, G. seihen to strain, to filter, OHG. sihan, Icel.sia, Skr. sic to pour; cf. Gr. Sig, Sile.]

Definition: Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.

Silt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Silted; p. pr. & vb. n. Silting.]

Definition: To choke, fill, or obstruct with silt or mud.

Silt, v. i.

Definition: To flow through crevices; to percolate.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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