silt up

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Verb

silt up - become chocked with silt; "The river silted up"

clog, clog up, congest, choke off, foul, back up, choke - become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"

Translations

يَسُد بالرَّمل او الطمْي

zanést se

mudre til

verschlammen

eliszaposodik

fyllast leîju/sandi

mudre stoppe til

zaniesť sa

mille/balçıkla doldurmak

淤塞

silt

(silt) noun

fine sand and mud left behind by flowing water.

silt up

to (cause to) become blocked by mud etc. The harbour had gradually silted up, so that large boats could no longer use it.

References in periodicals archive ?

Cr concentrations in the north-eastern part of the lake, at the lake outflow, are lower than the average chromium concentration in the explored lake and background concentration in the soil up to 4 times in the surface silt, and in the deeper existing silt up to 1.5 times.

Investigation of heavy metal and radionuclide distribution in silt of Lake Didziulis/Sunkiuju metalu ir radionuklidu pasiskirstymo didziulio ezero dumble tyrimas

John Pinder, stillwaters manager with the Environment Agency, said: "If something isn't done, eventually the lake will silt up at an alarming rate and water quality will get worse."