verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   to raise the level of a river bed by the deposition of sediment transitive
2. 2
   build up to a level by depositing sediment wordnet

Synonyms

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accreteaccumulatebuild updeposit

Antonyms

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degradationdegradeerodeerosion

Etymology

From ad- + grade.