silt (sth) up
— phrasal verb with silt uk/sɪlt/us/sɪlt/verb
to become blocked with silt, or to cause something to become blocked with silt:
The harbour silted up many years ago.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Closing and blocking
- barricade
- batten
- batten down the hatches idiom
- block sth off
- block sth up
- dam
- dam sth up
- dark
- ensconce
- ensconced
- gum
- gum sth up
- jam
- seal
- shut (sth) off
- shut sb/sth out
- shutter
- snap
- the darkest hour is just before the dawn idiom
- wedge
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