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Meaning of silt up | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To become filled or clogged with silt.

intransitive

Equivalents

Deutsch verlanden
Suomi liettää liettyä
Français envaser
Italiano ostruirsi
Português assorear
Svenska slamma

Examples

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

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

silted silted up silting silting up silts silts up

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