ETYM French alluvion, Latin alluvio, from alluere to wash against; ad + luere, equiv. to lavare, to wash. Related to Lave.
Gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment.
Effect of water impacting on shoreline.
Impact of water on shore; flood; alluvium.

ETYM Latin, neut. of alluvius. Related to Alluvious.
Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas.
Matter deposited by river or flood.
Fine silty material deposited by a river. It is deposited along the river channel where the water's velocity is low—for example, on the inside bend of a meander. A flood plain is composed of alluvium periodically deposited by floodwater. + prikaži više

ETYM Latin depositum, from depositus, p. p. of deponere: cf. French dépôt, Old Fren. depost. Related to Deposit, Depot.
1. The act of depositing; SYN. deposition.
2. The phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating; SYN. sedimentation, alluviation.

Sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid; SYN. grounds.

ETYM Old Eng. ground, grund, as. grund; akin to Dutch grond, os., German, Swed., and Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom, Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust, gravel, and if so perh. akin to Eng. grind.
1. The earth; soil.
2. A solid basis upon which something is constructed (literally or figuratively).
3. A position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle).
4. A relatively neutral area extending back of the figure on which attention is focused; SYN. background, backdrop.
5. (Art) The surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting. + prikaži više

The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage.

(Homonym: awful).
Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.
Refuse; garbage; edible animal entrails and organs.
Useless by-products; parts of an animal that are cut off and discarded in the butchering process; refuse, waste matter

ETYM French résidu, Latin residuum, from residuus that is left behind, remaining, from residere to remain behind. Related to Reside, Residuum.
Matter that remains after something has been removed.
In chemistry, a substance or mixture of substances remaining in the original container after the removal of one or more components by a separation process.
The nonvolatile substance left in a container after evaporation of liquid, the solid left behind after removal of liquid by filtration, and the substances left in a distillation flask after removal of components by distillation, are all residues.
Remainder. + prikaži više

ETYM Of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. and Swed. skum, Icel. skűm, lg. schum, Dutch schuim, Old High Germ. scűm, German schaum; probably from a root meaning, to cover. Related to Hide skin, Meerschaum, Skim, Sky.
A film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid.

ETYM French sédiment, Latin sedimentum a settling, from sedere to sit, to settle. Related to Sit.
Any loose material that has “settled”—deposited from suspension in water, ice, or air, generally as the water current or wind speed decreases. Typical sediments are, in order of increasing coarseness, clay, mud, silt, sand, gravel, pebbles, cobbles, and boulders.
Sediments differ from sedimentary rocks in which deposits are fused together in a solid mass of rock by a process called diagenesis. Pebbles are cemented into conglomerates; sands become sandstones; muds become mudstones or shales; peat is transformed into coal.
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Matter deposited by water or ice or wind; SYN. deposit. + prikaži više

A gradual sinking to a lower level; SYN. subsiding, subsidence.

Wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk; SYN. slops, swill, pigswill, pigwash.
1. Soft mud; slush
2. Thin tasteless drink or liquid food — usually used in plural
3. Liquid spilled or splashed
4. Food waste (as garbage) fed to animals; swill; excreted body waste — usually used in plural; a product of little or no value; rubbish
5. Sentimental effusiveness in speech or writing; gush + prikaži više

ETYM cf. Slush.
1. Any thick messy substance; SYN. slime, goo, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze.
2. The precipitate produced by sewage treatment.