New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: sit up · silted up · shift up · split up · belt up · fit up · lift up · mist up · set up · shut up

silt

noun GEOL , ARCHEOL deposit of sand, sediment etcsiolta masc4glár masc1 c m u

phrasal verbs

silt up

1 (v + adv) become filled with silt INTRANSITIVEthe river silted up over the years shiolt an abhainn i gcaitheamh na mblianta 2 (v + adv) fill or block with silt TRANSITIVEthe current silts up the harbour líonann an sruth an cuan le siolta 3

silted up

adjective filled, blockedthe canal is all silted up now tá an chanáil siolta go hiomlán anois

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the river silted up over the years shiolt an abhainn i gcaitheamh na mblianta
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the current silts up the harbour líonann an sruth an cuan le siolta
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the canal is all silted up now tá an chanáil siolta go hiomlán anois
stir up »

the storm stirs up the silt suaitheann an stoirm an siolta

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