[silt] 
| 1. | earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment. |
| 2. | to become filled or choked up with silt. |
| 3. | to fill or choke up with silt. |
| silt (sĭlt) n. A sedimentary material consisting of very fine particles intermediate in size between sand and clay. v. silt·ed, silt·ing, silts v. intr. To become filled with silt: an old channel that silted up. v. tr. To fill, cover, or obstruct with silt: River sediments gradually silted the harbor. [Middle English cylte, probably of Scandinavian origin; see sal- in Indo-European roots.] silt·a'tion n., silt'y adj. |
