Aggrade

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aggrade \Ag*grade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Aggraded}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Aggrading}.] (Phys. Geog.)
     To bring, or tend to bring, to a uniform grade, or slope, by
     addition of material; as, streams aggrade their beds by
     depositing sediment.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  aggrade
       v : build up to a level by depositing sediment [ant: {degrade}]