silt
silt · silts · silted · silting
заполняться илом, просачиваться
To clog or fill with siltTo clog or fill with silt.
/sɪlt/
» The river was cloudy with silt.
Река была мутной от ила.
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To clog or fill with silt.
become chocked with silt
(intransitive)To become clogged with silt.
заполня́ться и́ломzapolnjátʹsja ílom
(ambitransitive)To flow through crevices; to percolate.
проса́чиватьсяprosáčivatʹsja
Examples
4 sentencesThe river was cloudy with silt.
ruРека была мутной от ила. — Karok
The great river was dark with silt.
Silt has a finer particle size than sand, but not as fine as clay.
The soil should be full of loam, a mixture of sand, silt, clay and organic material.
Translations
2 languagesРусский
By meaning 2
to become clogged with silt:
to flow through crevices; to percolate:
Forms
silts, silting, silted, siltedSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- become chocked with silt:silt up
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle