To clog with debris
Definition
To gather, accumulate, or heap up alluvium, branches, and debris brought by waters; to cause a blockage on a river course. As a reflexive form, it applies to waters that stop due to a structural obstacle or to materials that pile up at a certain point.
Bilingual Equivalents
- To clog with debris
- To silt up
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | First conjugation verb, regular descriptive paradigm with '-ez' inflections. |
| Formation | Verbal derivative developed from the noun 'agest' via standard local class suffixation. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [a.dʒes.ˈta] |
| Source | Historical Dictionary of Regional and Technical Structural Forms |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: S-au strâns atâtea crengi uscate încât pârâul a început să se agesteze chiar în apropierea satului.
EN: So many dry branches gathered that the stream began to clog with debris right near the village.
RO: Nivelul crescut al apei va agesta resturile vegetale în porțiunea îngustă a canalului de aducțiune.
EN: The increased water level will heap up the plant debris in the narrow section of the intake canal.
RO: Albia s-a agestat complet în urma alunecării de teren care a împins pământul în râu.
EN: The riverbed silted up completely following the landslide that pushed the soil into the river.
Idioms & Phrases
A se agesta canalul / To have the channel clogged
RO: Proces prin care o conductă deschisă sau un șanț de scurgere se blochează cu depuneri solide, oprind fluxul lichid.
EN: A process through which an open pipe or drainage ditch gets blocked with solid deposits, stopping the liquid flow.
Râu agestat / Silted-up / obstructed river
RO: Curs de apă a cărui curgere liberă este stânjenită de numeroase praguri de pietriș și resturi lemnoase acumulate.
EN: A watercourse whose free flow is hampered by numerous accumulated gravel bars and woody debris.
Forță de a agesta / Debris-carrying and piling capacity
RO: Capacitatea hidrodinamică a unui curent de a transporta elemente voluminoase și de a le depozita masiv.
EN: The hydrodynamic capacity of a current to transport bulky elements and pile them up massively.
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