Alluvion1. (n.) An overflowing; an inundation; a flood.
2. (n.) Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.
3. (n.) Matter deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing water; alluvium.
4. (n.) An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion.
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