"sediment" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛd.ɪ.mənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sediment.wav [Southern-England] Forms: sediments [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛdɪmənt Etymology: From Middle French sédiment, from Latin sedimentum < sedeō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sed-}}, {{der|en|frm|sédiment}} Middle French sédiment, {{der|en|la|sedimentum}} Latin sedimentum, {{m|la|sedeō}} sedeō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sediment (countable and uncountable, plural sediments)
  1. A collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Geology Hyponyms: dregs, grounds, grout, settlings Related terms: sedimentary, sedimentation, sedimentaceous, sedimentitious, sedimentoclastic Translations (collection of small particles): afsaksel (Afrikaans), dregs (Afrikaans), τρύξ (trúx) [feminine, singular] (Ancient Greek), մրուր (mrur) (Armenian), ута́йка (utájka) (Bulgarian), sediment [masculine] (Catalan), 沉積物 (Chinese Mandarin), 沉积物 (chénjīwù) (Chinese Mandarin), 沉積 (Chinese Mandarin), 沉积 (chénjī) (Chinese Mandarin), usazenina [feminine] (Czech), feĉo (Esperanto), sedimentti (Finnish), kerrostuma (Finnish), sédiment [masculine] (French), sedimento [masculine] (Galician), დანალექი (danaleki) (Georgian), ნალექი (naleki) (Georgian), Sediment [neuter] (German), Satz [masculine] (German), Bodensatz [masculine] (German), botnfall [neuter] (Icelandic), syrja [feminine] (Icelandic), botnlag [neuter] (Icelandic), dreggjar [neuter] (Icelandic), set [neuter] (Icelandic), vatnborin jarðvegsefni [neuter, plural] (Icelandic), vindborin jarðvegsefni [neuter, plural] (Icelandic), dríodar [masculine] (Irish), deposito (Italian), sedimento [masculine] (Italian), 堆積物 (taisekibutsu) (alt: たいせきぶつ) (Japanese), ដីល្បាប់ (dəylbap) (Khmer), faex [feminine] (Latin), sedimen [neuter] (Latin), талог (talog) [masculine] (Macedonian), waipara (Maori), parakiwai (note: from a flood) (Maori), тунадас (tunadas) (Mongolian), sediment [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), sediment [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), تلوه (telve) (Ottoman Turkish), osad [masculine] (Polish), sedimento [masculine] (Portuguese), отложе́ние (otložénije) [neuter] (Russian), оса́док (osádok) [masculine] (Russian), отсто́й (otstój) [masculine] (Russian), талог [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), talog [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sedimento [masculine] (Spanish), tining (Tagalog), trầm tích (Vietnamese), gwaddod [masculine] (Welsh), dyddodion [masculine, plural] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-sediment-en-noun-~qyt6fi2 Disambiguation of Geology: 62 16 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 8 38 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 66 10 24

Verb

IPA: /ˈsɛd.ɪ.mənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sediment.wav [Southern-England] Forms: sediments [present, singular, third-person], sedimenting [participle, present], sedimented [participle, past], sedimented [past]
Rhymes: -ɛdɪmənt Etymology: From Middle French sédiment, from Latin sedimentum < sedeō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sed-}}, {{der|en|frm|sédiment}} Middle French sédiment, {{der|en|la|sedimentum}} Latin sedimentum, {{m|la|sedeō}} sedeō Head templates: {{en-verb}} sediment (third-person singular simple present sediments, present participle sedimenting, simple past and past participle sedimented)
  1. (transitive) To deposit material as a sediment. Tags: transitive Translations (to deposit material as a sediment): утаявам (utajavam) (Bulgarian), 沉淀 (chéndiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), sedimentigi (Esperanto), sedimentoida (Finnish), sédimenter (French), тунаах (tunaax) (Mongolian), осажда́ть (osaždátʹ) (Russian), sedimentar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sediment-en-verb-svTXZw1s Disambiguation of 'to deposit material as a sediment': 91 9
  2. (intransitive) To be deposited as a sediment. Tags: intransitive Translations (to be deposited as a sediment): утаявам се (utajavam se) (Bulgarian), sedimenteren (Dutch), sedimentiĝi (Esperanto), sedimentoitua (Finnish), sédimenter (French), тунах (tunax) (Mongolian), осажда́ться (osaždátʹsja) (Russian), sedimentar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sediment-en-verb-xdCQuOj7 Disambiguation of 'to be deposited as a sediment': 10 90

Inflected forms

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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to be deposited as a sediment",
      "word": "sedimenteren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to be deposited as a sediment",
      "word": "sedimentiĝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to be deposited as a sediment",
      "word": "sedimentoitua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to be deposited as a sediment",
      "word": "sédimenter"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "tunax",
      "sense": "to be deposited as a sediment",
      "word": "тунах"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "osaždátʹsja",
      "sense": "to be deposited as a sediment",
      "word": "осажда́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to be deposited as a sediment",
      "word": "sedimentar"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sediment"
  ],
  "word": "sediment"
}

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