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Meanings of silt in inglês
português
assorear catalão
omplir-se de sediments Synonyms
Examples for "silt up"
Examples for "silt up"
1
Overhead the blue sky was beginning to silt up with mackerel scales.
2
Un-tended dams silt up fast.
3
When the inlets began to silt up, they were filled in, and the streets were extended, creating new slips.
4
This causes the vessels to ' silt up', stemming the blood flow and causing the growth to shrink and eventually die.
5
Business chiefs and investors fear leaving the EU without a deal would silt up the arteries of trade, spook financial markets and dislocate supply chains.
Usage of silt in inglês
1
The silt his kicking had raised floated away, leaving the water clear.
2
The fine silt was easy to whirl into the storm they'd created.
3
They pushed their way across a muddy flat of thick grey-green silt.
4
So far about a mile has been cleared of silt and reeds.
5
The water was probably loaded with silt then as it is now.
6
The dried mud was river silt and it came away surprisingly easily.
7
Mike O'Sullivan and his son work on ridding their driveway from silt.
8
But there was nothing solid, no silt bank, no submerged tree trunk.
9
The rope went taut, and Sorak felt himself pulled through the silt.
10
Overhead the blue sky was beginning to silt up with mackerel scales.
11
This field of silt covers a deep layer rich in methane hydrates.
12
They may be having trouble finding us in all this silt and-
13
The fish people were flittering around his feet, feeding on the silt.
14
He knew that the wave would be acid and heavy with silt.
15
Annual Nile floods provided silt deposits necessary to fertilize farms and gardens.
16
The other must have sunk into the rich silt at the bottom.
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Silt through the time
Silt across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
United States of America
Less common
United Kingdom
Rare