silt
noun
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
has silted
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present perfectof silt (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, the postal system has silted up with all the debris of computerized commerce: catalogues from Wisconsin cheesemakers, offers of stock tips, pleas for charitable donations.
From Time Magazine Archive
This shingle has silted up many a Suffolk port, but it has proved a very effectual barrier against the inroads of the sea.
From Vanishing England by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield
Its harbour has silted up, and its once flourishing trade has dwindled to nothing.
From Here, There and Everywhere by Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton
Since then, the entrance has silted up, and now nothing rides at anchor there but small yachts and fishing-boats.
From The Charm of Ireland by Burton Egbert Stevenson
“It has silted up considerably, even in my time, in spite of continual dredging.”
From Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel by John B. Greene
