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SILT UP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become chocked with silt

Example:

The river silted up

Synonyms:

silt; silt up

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "silt up" is one way to...):

back up; choke; choke off; clog; clog up; congest; foul (become or cause to become obstructed)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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