Silt : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Silt	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Silt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
silt n mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake v become chocked with silt; "The river silted up" [syn: {silt up}, silt]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Silt \Silt\, n. [OE. silte gravel, fr. silen to drain, E. sile; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. sila, prob. akin to AS. se[a2]n to filter, s[c6]gan to fall, sink, cause to sink, G. seihen to strain, to filter, OHG. sihan, Icel. s[c6]>a, Skr. sic to pour; cf. Gr. [?][?][?] moisture. Cf. {Sig}, {Sile}.] Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Silt \Silt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Silted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Silting}.] To choke, fill, or obstruct with silt or mud.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Silt \Silt\, v. i. To flow through crevices; to percolate.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
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