Meaning of SILT
| Pronunciation: | | silt
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- [n] mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
- [v] become chocked with silt, of rivers and lakes
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| | Synonyms: | | silt up |
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| | See Also: | | back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, congest, dirt, foul, soil | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Silt\, 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[=i]gan to fall, sink, cause to sink, G.
seihen to strain, to filter, OHG. sihan, Icel. s[=i]>a, Skr.
sic to pour; cf. Gr. ??? moisture. Cf. {Sig}, {Sile}.]
Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
\Silt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Silted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Silting}.]
To choke, fill, or obstruct with silt or mud.
\Silt\, v. i.
To flow through crevices; to percolate.
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- Particles in siliciclastic sediment that range in size from 0.0039 millimeters (very fine silt) to 0.0625 millimeters (coarse silt), according to the Udden-Wentworth scale. In field geology, a mudrock has silt in it if it feels smooth to the fingers but tastes gritty between the teeth. Silt and clay are collectively classified as mud.
- Earthy sediment of fine particles of rock and soil suspended in and carried by water.
- Substrate particles 0.004-0.062 mm in diameter.
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