silt Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
  2. verb become chocked with silt
    silt up.
    • The river silted up

WordNet

Silt noun
Etymology
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. moisture. Cf. Sig, Sile.
Definitions
  1. Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
Silt transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Silted; present participle & verbal noun Silting
Definitions
  1. To choke, fill, or obstruct with silt or mud.
Silt intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To flow through crevices; to percolate.

Webster 1913