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Definition of Aggrade
1. Verb. Build up to a level by depositing sediment.
Definition of Aggrade
1. v. t. To bring, or tend to bring, to a uniform grade, or slope, by addition of material; as, streams aggrade their beds by depositing sediment.
Definition of Aggrade
1. Verb. (transitive geology) to raise the level of a river bed by the deposition of sediment ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aggrade
1. to fill with detrital material [v -GRADED, -GRADING, -GRADES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aggrade
Literary usage of Aggrade
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Physiography by Rollin D. Salisbury (1919)
"They degrade the surface at some points, and aggrade it (build it up) at others.
In general they degrade the land more than they aggrade it, for much of the ..."
2. Annali universali di statistica, economia pubblica, storia, viaggi e commercio (1834)
"viaggiatori con maggior economia intraprendere un viaggio più aggrade- voi,-.
Gti Inglesi nir si porteranno in Francia ..."
3. Geographical Essays by William Morris Davis (1909)
"In the third place, "grade " lends itself admirably to the formation of such
terms as "degrade," "aggrade," and "gradation "; "degrade," in the sense of to ..."
4. Physiography, for High Schools by Rollin D. Salisbury (1908)
"They degrade (wear down) the surface at some points, and aggrade it (build it
up) at others. In general, they degrade the land more than they aggrade it, ..."
5. Rivers of North America: A Reading Lesson for Students of Geography and Geology by Israel Cook Russell (1898)
"If the main stream increases the height of its levees at a greater rate than its
tributaries can aggrade their channels, evidently their waters must either ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"If an increase in the amount of waste takes place after equality of capacity and
task is reached, as sometimes happens, then the stream must aggrade its ..."
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