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liete — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dredge noun A machine or device used to scoop up material from the bottom of a body of water.
  • silt noun Fine particles of soil or mud carried and deposited by moving water.
  • sludge noun Thick, soft, semi-liquid mud, waste, or sediment.
  • slurry noun A thick, semi-liquid mixture of solid particles suspended in liquid.

Senses

liete is used for these senses in English:

  • alluvial Pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream.
  • dredge Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water.
  • silt (uncountable) Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
  • sludge A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.
  • slurry Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid.
  • slurry (agriculture) A mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water, stored in a slurry pit and used as fertilizer; also used in combination, as pig slurry, etc.

dredge — full definition

  1. noun A machine or device used to scoop up material from the bottom of a body of water.
  2. verb To clear or deepen a waterway by scooping out mud, sand, or debris.
  3. verb To bring up something unpleasant from the past, often followed by "up."

silt — full definition

  1. noun Fine particles of soil or mud carried and deposited by moving water.
  2. verb To become clogged or filled up with silt.

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