Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sediment

1 sense of sediment

Sense 1
sediment, deposit -- (matter that has been deposited by some natural process)
       => matter -- (that which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sediment

2 senses of sediment

Sense 1
sediment -- (deposit as a sediment)
       => situate, fix, posit, deposit -- (put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot")

Sense 2
sediment -- (settle as sediment)
       => settle, settle down -- (settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground; "dust settled on the roofs")