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1. (n.) alluvion
Law. a gradual increase of land on a shore or riverbank by the action of water.
2. alluvion
overflow; flood.
Etymology: (1530–40; < L alluviō an overflowing)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) alluvion
gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment
2. (noun) flood, inundation, deluge, alluvion
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
"plains fertilized by annual inundations"
3. (noun) alluvial sediment, alluvial deposit, alluvium, alluvion
clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
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1. (noun) alluvion
wash or flow of water against the shore or bank
2. (noun) alluvion
an overflowing; an inundation; a flood
3. (noun) alluvion
matter deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing water; alluvium
4. (noun) alluvion
an accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion
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