aggrade

VERB
  1. build up to a level by depositing sediment
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  • We may conceive, then, of the Connecticut valley and the larger trough to the southwest as basins gradually sinking at a rate perhaps no faster than that of the New Jersey coast to-day, and as gradually aggraded by streams from the neighboring uplands. The Elements of Geology
  • Valley trains are deposits of stratified drift with which river valleys have been aggraded. The Elements of Geology
  • So she aggrade to do her best, an’ gev her a little bag to carry wid ’erbs in it, an’ writ some words on two bits av paper an’ the same in Latin. Irish Wonders
  • In this way they aggrade each portion of it in turn by means of their shifting channels, The Elements of Geology
  • But as on other glaciated volcanoes, Rainier's water transports so much dirt and rock that its riverbeds rise over time, or aggrade, with the tons of debris that gradually get driven downstream. Undefined
  • Unlike visual recollection, aggraded by a million freeze-frames a day, touch was the sense of darkness. The Big Scam
  • Even when the river is able to maintain its right of way it may yet have its declivity so lessened that it is compelled to aggrade its course continually, filling the valley with river deposits which may grow to an enormous thickness. The Elements of Geology
  • The lower reaches of most streams have aggraded; here, enough gravel has accumulated to promote subsurface flow, except during and immediately after rainfall. Ecoregions of Oklahoma (EPA)
  • Since glacial streams are well loaded with waste due to vigorous ice erosion, the valley in front of the glacier is commonly aggraded to a broad, flat floor. The Elements of Geology
  • Under high magnification, lighter patches that can be seen probably correspond with larger crystals or clusters of crystals that have aggraded diagenetically.
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