alluvion

1. n. Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank. Source: opted

2. n. An overflowing; an inundation; a flood. Source: opted

3. n. Matter deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing water; alluvium. Source: opted

4. n. An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion. Source: opted

5. n. gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment Source: wordnet

6. n. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land Source: wordnet

7. n. clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down Source: wordnet

8. An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank bythe flowing of water. See Accretion. Source: adambom

9. n. gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment Source: ecdict

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