silt

v. fill or obstruct with silt; become filled with or obstructed by silt

n. fine particles of sand and other earthy matter which are carried and deposited by water

Silt is soil or rock derived granular material of a specific grain size. Silt may occur as a soil or alternatively as suspended sediment in a water column of any surface water body. It may also exist as deposition soil at the bottom of a water body.
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n. silt, fine particles of sand and other earthy matter which are carried and deposited by water

n. plate

(v. t.)
To choke, fill, or obstruct with silt or mud.
  

(v. i.)
To flow through crevices; to percolate.
  

(n.)
Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.