silt in Russian
silt in Russian is ил, заполня́ться и́лом, проса́чиваться — silt means fine particles of soil or mud carried and deposited by moving water.
silt in Russian
ил
Pronounced: il
(uncountable) Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
заполня́ться и́лом
Pronounced: zapolnyatsya ilom
(intransitive) To become clogged with silt.
проса́чиваться
Pronounced: prosachivatsya
(ambitransitive) To flow through crevices; to percolate.
What does "silt" mean?
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noun Fine particles of soil or mud carried and deposited by moving water.
"Years of silt had built up at the mouth of the river."
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verb To become clogged or filled up with silt.
"They are city-dwellers, men whose lives pass in the shadows of buildings, whose lungs are silted with coalsmoke, and few will ever cross the sea."
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silt in a sentence
- Years of silt had built up at the mouth of the river.
- They are city-dwellers, men whose lives pass in the shadows of buildings, whose lungs are silted with coalsmoke, and few will ever cross the sea.
- The harbor slowly silted up until boats could no longer reach the dock.
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What is "silt" in Russian?
"silt" in Russian is ил, заполня́ться и́лом, проса́чиваться. silt means: Fine particles of soil or mud carried and deposited by moving water.
How do you pronounce ил?
"silt" in Russian is ил, pronounced "il".
How do you use "silt" in a sentence?
Example: "Years of silt had built up at the mouth of the river." In Russian, "silt" is ил, заполня́ться и́лом, проса́чиваться.
Are there other ways to say "silt" in Russian?
Yes — Russian has 3 translations listed for "silt": ил, заполня́ться и́лом, проса́чиваться.
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