silt up

Verb

Meaning

become chocked with silt

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

silt block shallow mud sediment foul jam choke obstruct clog fill up silted silting get bogged down become clogged

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Hypernyms

foul choke clog congest back up choke off

Examples

The river silted up Source: Internet

The natural harbour had a tendency to silt up, but the Severan changes made this worse, and the eastern wharves are extremely well preserved, since they were scarcely used. Source: Internet

The bank was purposely reduced in height and the ditch continued to silt up. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

silt cat silt goby silt over siltage siltation siltbush