silt up

English

Verb

silt up (third-person singular simple present silts up, present participle silting up, simple past and past participle silted up)

1. (intransitive) To become filled or clogged with silt.
   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 68:

     Now the estuary has silted up, and only small pleasure craft can sail up the narrow channel.

Translations

become filled or clogged with silt

• French: envaser (fr)
• Italian: ostruirsi
• Portuguese: assorear (pt)
• Swedish: slamma igen

Anagrams

• Tulips, tulips, uplist