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Definition of silt up phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

silt up

phrasal verb
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silt something up | silt up
  1. to block something with silt; to become blocked with silt
    • Sand has silted up the river delta.
    • The harbour has now silted up.
See silt up in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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