n.
Pronunciation: ə - ' lü-v ē - ə n
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin alluvion-, alluvio, from alluere to flow past, deposit (of water), from ad- + lavere to wash ― more at LYE
Date: 1536
1 : the wash or flow of water against a shore
2 : FLOOD , INUNDATION
3 : ALLUVIUM
4 : an accession to land by the gradual addition of matter (as by deposit of alluvium) that then belongs to the owner of the land to which it is added also : the land so added