silt

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
silt
    n 1: mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
    v 1: become chocked with silt; "The river silted up" [syn: {silt
         up}, {silt}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Silt \Silt\ (s[i^]lt), 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[imac]gan to fall, sink, cause to
   sink, G. seihen to strain, to filter, OHG. s[imac]han, Icel.
   s[imac]a, Skr. sic to pour; cf. Gr. 'ikma`s moisture. Cf.
   {Sig}, {Sile}.]
   Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
   [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Silt \Silt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Silted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Silting}.]
   To choke, fill, or obstruct with silt or mud.
   [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Silt \Silt\, v. i.
   To flow through crevices; to percolate.
   [1913 Webster]
from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Silt, CO (town, FIPS 70195)
  Location: 39.54965 N, 107.65382 W
  Population (1990): 1095 (481 housing units)
  Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 81652
from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Silt, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
   Population (2000):    1740
   Housing Units (2000): 668
   Land area (2000):     2.821723 sq. miles (7.308230 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    2.821723 sq. miles (7.308230 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            70195
   Located within:       Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
   Location:             39.546316 N, 107.652072 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     81652
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Silt, CO
    Silt
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "silt":
      alluvion, alluvium, ash, cinder, clinker, debris, deposit,
      deposition, deposits, detritus, diluvium, draff, dregs, drift,
      dross, ember, feces, froth, grounds, lees, loess, moraine, offscum,
      ooze, precipitate, precipitation, scoria, scree, scum, sediment,
      settlings, sinter, slag, sludge, smut, soot, sublimate
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