aggrade

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Definition of aggrade in English English dictionary

to raise the level of a river bed by the deposition of sediment

build up to a level by depositing sediment

To bring, or tend to bring, to a uniform grade, or slope, by addition of material; as, streams aggrade their beds by depositing sediment

Hyphenation

ag·grade

Etymology

() ad- +‎ gradation

Tenses

aggrading, aggraded