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silting

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silting [′siltĀ·iŋ]
(civil engineering)
The filling up or raising of the bed of a body of water by depositing silt.
(geology)
The deposition or accumulation of stream-deposited silt that is suspended in a body of standing water.


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Silting on a bench with fabric encasing her head and body, the dancer rocks, twists, and reaches out in tormented prayer.
In the very midst of my riches, the gold gravel silting up in the future's little corners, I begin to wonder: where can I start to strip it.
The Cockscombe Basin includes a major watershed, so preservation of the rain forest there is important for preventing erosion and floods, whose damage could even extend, by silting, to offshore coral reefs.
 
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