sediment

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

matter that has been deposited by some natural process (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
deposit
• Derivationally related forms:
sedimentary
• Hypernyms:
matter
• Hyponyms:
alluvial sediment, alluvial deposit, alluvium, alluvion, dregs,
settlings, lees, salt lick, lick, evaporite

II - verb

1. deposit as a sediment
• Derivationally related forms:
sedimentation
• Hypernyms:
situate, fix, posit, deposit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. settle as sediment
• Hypernyms:
settle, settle down
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP