Definition of silt in English:

silt

noun sɪltsɪlt

mass noun

1Fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harbour.
（流水冲积的）泥沙，淤泥
Example sentencesExamples
- However, in addition to that alluvium much of central Belfast is underlain instead by a deposit of soft grey mud, silt and fine sand with numerous sea shells, in particular oysters.
- Excavations in 1990 added weight to the idea that the horse dates from later prehistory as deposits of fine silt in the beak were scientifically dated to the early first millennium BC.
- They carry silt which replenishes the topsoil and enables agriculture to flourish.
- Tidal processes constantly winnow the substrate surface in the submerged mouthbar front, and resuspend mud and silt into the water.
- Water continuing out over the playa surface carries with it a quantity of fine sand, silt, and clay in suspension.
Synonyms
sediment, deposit, alluvium, mud, slime, ooze, sludge
sand, clay
1. 1.1count noun A bed or layer of silt.
  粉砂尘；泥沙层
  Example sentencesExamples
  Under the placic layers were 10s of meters of stratified glaciodeltaic sands and silts.
  Carbonaceous plant debris is concentrated in finely laminated silts and mudstones at the tops of some beds.
  These units contain intercalated thin, discontinuous lenses of silts and mudstones, some displaying desiccation cracks.
  The sediments include lacustrine freshwater limestones, silts, marls, occasional sands and local lignite.
  In fact, badlands occur in a wide range of environments, and on various materials, from marine silts in valleys of the Canadian Arctic to mine-spoil heaps in New Guinea.
2. 1.2technical Sediment whose particles are between clay and sand in size (typically 0.002–0.06 mm).
  〔技〕粉砂
  Example sentencesExamples
  The textures of soils reflect the proportion of sand, silt, and clay sizes within that portion of an inorganic soil fraction that is less than 2 mm.
  This is soil whose properties are controlled equally by the percentages of clay, silt and sand particles.
  There it attaches to particles of minerals (sand, silt, and clay) and organic matter, forming clumps.
  The way sand, silt and clay particles are grouped together in aggregates is called the soil structure.
  Soil texture, or the proportion of sand, silt and clay particles, directly influences nutrient content, moisture and drainage.

verb sɪltsɪlt

[no object]

1Become filled or blocked with silt.
淤塞
the river's mouth had silted up
河口淤塞了。
Example sentencesExamples
- Of course, we would be told that the river has now silted up and that at low tide it would be impossible.
- The Gonubie River does not have a typically big flushing flow while silting in Transkei rivers is a result of ‘poor land use practice’.
- The defendants erected ferry terminals in the Thames, and, as a result, parts of the river bed silted up.
- Old Goa remained the colony's capital until I759, when the Mandovi River silted up.
- The towers fall, the rivers silt, the bridges crumble.
Synonyms
become blocked, become choked, become clogged, fill up (with silt), become filled, become dammed
1. 1.1with object Fill or block with silt.
  淤塞
  the soil ends up silting up the stream
  the silted mouth of the river
  Example sentencesExamples
  There are no open drains, fortunately, or they'd be silted by now.
  I would mix the soil in the heavily silted water of the Mekong River as a way to spread this handful of soil throughout Vietnam.
  Fish are taken from the river in places where it is badly silted and basically what happens is that they are stripped and hatched to the ova stage.
  Local people cultivate tapioca, rice and vegetables on the heavily silted riverbed.
  The lagoon will also have to be dredged as it is heavily silted and the fish are dying because the water is too shallow and the lagoon is not being adequately flushed.
  Synonyms
  clog, choke, block, jam, obstruct, congest, bung up, dam, dam up, plug, silt up, stop up, seal, fill up, close

Derivatives

siltation

noun sɪlˈteɪʃ(ə)nsɪlˈteɪʃ(ə)n

Additionally, once logged, many national forests are prone to flooding, mudslides and stream destruction due to runoff and siltation.
Example sentencesExamples
- It says the crop has triggered soil erosion, siltation of waterways, widespread use of toxic chemicals and pesticides and road building through some of the world's most delicate habitats.
- In addition to predation and competition by exotic species, these fish were also negatively impacted by overfishing, pollution, siltation and other forms of habitat degradation.
- Overgrazing in the surrounding lowlands and logging in the highlands are causing severe soil erosion, which in turn has caused heavy siltation in the lake.
- The environmental effects of careless logging have led to soil erosion, polluted rivers, siltation and severe flooding.

silty

adjectivesiltiest, siltier ˈsɪltiˈsɪlti

Near the top of the succession blue-grey silty calcareous mudstones are interbedded with subordinate graded sandstones.
Example sentencesExamples
- The sediments comprise silts, sand, gravel and, often lenticular, silty clay, comparable with similar sediments in the Petrockstowc basin, where the bulk of the deposits are Eocene.
- Soils are composed of Gilpin silt loam, a moderately deep, well drained soil with a lower subsoil of silty clay loam of the subgroup Typic Hapludult.
- These soils consist of moderately deep to deep, moderately well - to well-drained silt loam surface soils and loam, silty clay loam, or silty clay subsoils.
- The Eocene London Clay is a succession of marine silty clays, clayey and sandy silts, and subordinate sands reaching a thickness of over 165 m on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, UK.

Origin

Late Middle English: probably originally denoting a salty deposit and of Scandinavian origin, related to Danish and Norwegian sylt 'salt marsh', also to salt.

Rhymes

atilt, built, gilt, guilt, hilt, jilt, kilt, lilt, quilt, spilt, stilt, tilt, upbuilt, wilt

Definition of silt in US English:

silt

nounsiltsɪlt

1Fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harbor.
（流水冲积的）泥沙，淤泥
Example sentencesExamples
- However, in addition to that alluvium much of central Belfast is underlain instead by a deposit of soft grey mud, silt and fine sand with numerous sea shells, in particular oysters.
- Tidal processes constantly winnow the substrate surface in the submerged mouthbar front, and resuspend mud and silt into the water.
- Water continuing out over the playa surface carries with it a quantity of fine sand, silt, and clay in suspension.
- Excavations in 1990 added weight to the idea that the horse dates from later prehistory as deposits of fine silt in the beak were scientifically dated to the early first millennium BC.
- They carry silt which replenishes the topsoil and enables agriculture to flourish.
Synonyms
sediment, deposit, alluvium, mud, slime, ooze, sludge
1. 1.1 A bed or layer of silt.
  粉砂尘；泥沙层
  Example sentencesExamples
  Carbonaceous plant debris is concentrated in finely laminated silts and mudstones at the tops of some beds.
  In fact, badlands occur in a wide range of environments, and on various materials, from marine silts in valleys of the Canadian Arctic to mine-spoil heaps in New Guinea.
  The sediments include lacustrine freshwater limestones, silts, marls, occasional sands and local lignite.
  These units contain intercalated thin, discontinuous lenses of silts and mudstones, some displaying desiccation cracks.
  Under the placic layers were 10s of meters of stratified glaciodeltaic sands and silts.
2. 1.2technical Sediment whose particles are between clay and sand in size (typically 0.002–0.06 mm).
  〔技〕粉砂
  Example sentencesExamples
  The textures of soils reflect the proportion of sand, silt, and clay sizes within that portion of an inorganic soil fraction that is less than 2 mm.
  There it attaches to particles of minerals (sand, silt, and clay) and organic matter, forming clumps.
  The way sand, silt and clay particles are grouped together in aggregates is called the soil structure.
  Soil texture, or the proportion of sand, silt and clay particles, directly influences nutrient content, moisture and drainage.
  This is soil whose properties are controlled equally by the percentages of clay, silt and sand particles.

verbsiltsɪlt

[no object]

1Become filled or blocked with silt.
淤塞
the river's mouth had silted up
河口淤塞了。
Example sentencesExamples
- The towers fall, the rivers silt, the bridges crumble.
- The Gonubie River does not have a typically big flushing flow while silting in Transkei rivers is a result of ‘poor land use practice’.
- Old Goa remained the colony's capital until I759, when the Mandovi River silted up.
- The defendants erected ferry terminals in the Thames, and, as a result, parts of the river bed silted up.
- Of course, we would be told that the river has now silted up and that at low tide it would be impossible.
Synonyms
become blocked, become choked, become clogged, fill up, fill up with silt, become filled, become dammed
1. 1.1with object Fill or block with silt.
  淤塞
  Example sentencesExamples
  The lagoon will also have to be dredged as it is heavily silted and the fish are dying because the water is too shallow and the lagoon is not being adequately flushed.
  I would mix the soil in the heavily silted water of the Mekong River as a way to spread this handful of soil throughout Vietnam.
  Local people cultivate tapioca, rice and vegetables on the heavily silted riverbed.
  There are no open drains, fortunately, or they'd be silted by now.
  Fish are taken from the river in places where it is badly silted and basically what happens is that they are stripped and hatched to the ova stage.
  Synonyms
  clog, choke, block, jam, obstruct, congest, bung up, dam, dam up, plug, silt up, stop up, seal, fill up, close

Origin

Late Middle English: probably originally denoting a salty deposit and of Scandinavian origin, related to Danish and Norwegian sylt ‘salt marsh’, also to salt.

词汇	silt
释义	Definition of silt in English: silt noun sɪltsɪlt mass noun 1Fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harbour. （流水冲积的）泥沙，淤泥 Example sentencesExamples However, in addition to that alluvium much of central Belfast is underlain instead by a deposit of soft grey mud, silt and fine sand with numerous sea shells, in particular oysters. Excavations in 1990 added weight to the idea that the horse dates from later prehistory as deposits of fine silt in the beak were scientifically dated to the early first millennium BC. They carry silt which replenishes the topsoil and enables agriculture to flourish. Tidal processes constantly winnow the substrate surface in the submerged mouthbar front, and resuspend mud and silt into the water. Water continuing out over the playa surface carries with it a quantity of fine sand, silt, and clay in suspension. Synonyms sediment, deposit, alluvium, mud, slime, ooze, sludge sand, clay 1.1count noun A bed or layer of silt. 粉砂尘；泥沙层 Example sentencesExamples Under the placic layers were 10s of meters of stratified glaciodeltaic sands and silts. Carbonaceous plant debris is concentrated in finely laminated silts and mudstones at the tops of some beds. These units contain intercalated thin, discontinuous lenses of silts and mudstones, some displaying desiccation cracks. The sediments include lacustrine freshwater limestones, silts, marls, occasional sands and local lignite. In fact, badlands occur in a wide range of environments, and on various materials, from marine silts in valleys of the Canadian Arctic to mine-spoil heaps in New Guinea. 1.2technical Sediment whose particles are between clay and sand in size (typically 0.002–0.06 mm). 〔技〕粉砂 Example sentencesExamples The textures of soils reflect the proportion of sand, silt, and clay sizes within that portion of an inorganic soil fraction that is less than 2 mm. This is soil whose properties are controlled equally by the percentages of clay, silt and sand particles. There it attaches to particles of minerals (sand, silt, and clay) and organic matter, forming clumps. The way sand, silt and clay particles are grouped together in aggregates is called the soil structure. Soil texture, or the proportion of sand, silt and clay particles, directly influences nutrient content, moisture and drainage. verb sɪltsɪlt [no object] 1Become filled or blocked with silt. 淤塞 the river's mouth had silted up 河口淤塞了。 Example sentencesExamples Of course, we would be told that the river has now silted up and that at low tide it would be impossible. The Gonubie River does not have a typically big flushing flow while silting in Transkei rivers is a result of ‘poor land use practice’. The defendants erected ferry terminals in the Thames, and, as a result, parts of the river bed silted up. Old Goa remained the colony's capital until I759, when the Mandovi River silted up. The towers fall, the rivers silt, the bridges crumble. Synonyms become blocked, become choked, become clogged, fill up (with silt), become filled, become dammed 1.1with object Fill or block with silt. 淤塞 the soil ends up silting up the stream the silted mouth of the river Example sentencesExamples There are no open drains, fortunately, or they'd be silted by now. I would mix the soil in the heavily silted water of the Mekong River as a way to spread this handful of soil throughout Vietnam. Fish are taken from the river in places where it is badly silted and basically what happens is that they are stripped and hatched to the ova stage. Local people cultivate tapioca, rice and vegetables on the heavily silted riverbed. The lagoon will also have to be dredged as it is heavily silted and the fish are dying because the water is too shallow and the lagoon is not being adequately flushed. Synonyms clog, choke, block, jam, obstruct, congest, bung up, dam, dam up, plug, silt up, stop up, seal, fill up, close Derivatives siltation noun sɪlˈteɪʃ(ə)nsɪlˈteɪʃ(ə)n Additionally, once logged, many national forests are prone to flooding, mudslides and stream destruction due to runoff and siltation. Example sentencesExamples It says the crop has triggered soil erosion, siltation of waterways, widespread use of toxic chemicals and pesticides and road building through some of the world's most delicate habitats. In addition to predation and competition by exotic species, these fish were also negatively impacted by overfishing, pollution, siltation and other forms of habitat degradation. Overgrazing in the surrounding lowlands and logging in the highlands are causing severe soil erosion, which in turn has caused heavy siltation in the lake. The environmental effects of careless logging have led to soil erosion, polluted rivers, siltation and severe flooding. silty adjectivesiltiest, siltier ˈsɪltiˈsɪlti Near the top of the succession blue-grey silty calcareous mudstones are interbedded with subordinate graded sandstones. Example sentencesExamples The sediments comprise silts, sand, gravel and, often lenticular, silty clay, comparable with similar sediments in the Petrockstowc basin, where the bulk of the deposits are Eocene. Soils are composed of Gilpin silt loam, a moderately deep, well drained soil with a lower subsoil of silty clay loam of the subgroup Typic Hapludult. These soils consist of moderately deep to deep, moderately well - to well-drained silt loam surface soils and loam, silty clay loam, or silty clay subsoils. The Eocene London Clay is a succession of marine silty clays, clayey and sandy silts, and subordinate sands reaching a thickness of over 165 m on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, UK. Origin Late Middle English: probably originally denoting a salty deposit and of Scandinavian origin, related to Danish and Norwegian sylt 'salt marsh', also to salt. Rhymes atilt, built, gilt, guilt, hilt, jilt, kilt, lilt, quilt, spilt, stilt, tilt, upbuilt, wilt Definition of silt in US English: silt nounsiltsɪlt 1Fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harbor. （流水冲积的）泥沙，淤泥 Example sentencesExamples However, in addition to that alluvium much of central Belfast is underlain instead by a deposit of soft grey mud, silt and fine sand with numerous sea shells, in particular oysters. Tidal processes constantly winnow the substrate surface in the submerged mouthbar front, and resuspend mud and silt into the water. Water continuing out over the playa surface carries with it a quantity of fine sand, silt, and clay in suspension. Excavations in 1990 added weight to the idea that the horse dates from later prehistory as deposits of fine silt in the beak were scientifically dated to the early first millennium BC. They carry silt which replenishes the topsoil and enables agriculture to flourish. Synonyms sediment, deposit, alluvium, mud, slime, ooze, sludge 1.1 A bed or layer of silt. 粉砂尘；泥沙层 Example sentencesExamples Carbonaceous plant debris is concentrated in finely laminated silts and mudstones at the tops of some beds. In fact, badlands occur in a wide range of environments, and on various materials, from marine silts in valleys of the Canadian Arctic to mine-spoil heaps in New Guinea. The sediments include lacustrine freshwater limestones, silts, marls, occasional sands and local lignite. These units contain intercalated thin, discontinuous lenses of silts and mudstones, some displaying desiccation cracks. Under the placic layers were 10s of meters of stratified glaciodeltaic sands and silts. 1.2technical Sediment whose particles are between clay and sand in size (typically 0.002–0.06 mm). 〔技〕粉砂 Example sentencesExamples The textures of soils reflect the proportion of sand, silt, and clay sizes within that portion of an inorganic soil fraction that is less than 2 mm. There it attaches to particles of minerals (sand, silt, and clay) and organic matter, forming clumps. The way sand, silt and clay particles are grouped together in aggregates is called the soil structure. Soil texture, or the proportion of sand, silt and clay particles, directly influences nutrient content, moisture and drainage. This is soil whose properties are controlled equally by the percentages of clay, silt and sand particles. verbsiltsɪlt [no object] 1Become filled or blocked with silt. 淤塞 the river's mouth had silted up 河口淤塞了。 Example sentencesExamples The towers fall, the rivers silt, the bridges crumble. The Gonubie River does not have a typically big flushing flow while silting in Transkei rivers is a result of ‘poor land use practice’. Old Goa remained the colony's capital until I759, when the Mandovi River silted up. The defendants erected ferry terminals in the Thames, and, as a result, parts of the river bed silted up. Of course, we would be told that the river has now silted up and that at low tide it would be impossible. Synonyms become blocked, become choked, become clogged, fill up, fill up with silt, become filled, become dammed 1.1with object Fill or block with silt. 淤塞 Example sentencesExamples The lagoon will also have to be dredged as it is heavily silted and the fish are dying because the water is too shallow and the lagoon is not being adequately flushed. I would mix the soil in the heavily silted water of the Mekong River as a way to spread this handful of soil throughout Vietnam. Local people cultivate tapioca, rice and vegetables on the heavily silted riverbed. There are no open drains, fortunately, or they'd be silted by now. Fish are taken from the river in places where it is badly silted and basically what happens is that they are stripped and hatched to the ova stage. Synonyms clog, choke, block, jam, obstruct, congest, bung up, dam, dam up, plug, silt up, stop up, seal, fill up, close Origin Late Middle English: probably originally denoting a salty deposit and of Scandinavian origin, related to Danish and Norwegian sylt ‘salt marsh’, also to salt.
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