Usually means: Accumulation of fine sediment particles.
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  1. silt up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. silt up: Vocabulary.com
  3. silt (sth) up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. silt up: Wiktionary
  5. silt up: Dictionary.com
  6. silt up: Rhymezone
  7. silt up: FreeDictionary.org
  8. silt up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. silt up: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (silt up)

▸ verb:  (intransitive) To become filled or clogged with silt.

Similar:
silt, foul, fill up, gunk up, clog up, settle, fill, slush up, salt up, cack up, more...

Opposite:
dredge, clear, unblock, de-silt, excavate

Types:
clog, jam, congest, back up, slow down, more...

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Similar:
silt, foul, fill up, gunk up, clog up, settle, fill, slush up, salt up, cack up, more...

Opposite:
dredge, clear, unblock, de-silt, excavate

Types:
clog, jam, congest, back up, slow down, more...



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