Cryptic crossword clue
Sediment covers bible pages 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word LEAVES

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The straight part
We know that "bible pages" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case bible pages = leaves.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does LEAVES mean?

LEAVES noun
  1. The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
  2. Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
  3. A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
  4. A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
  5. (in the plural) Tea leaves.
  6. A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
  7. A moveable panel, e.g. of a bridge or door, originally one that hinged but now also applied to other forms of movement.
  8. A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.
  9. In a tree, a node that has no descendants.
  10. The layer of fat supporting the kidneys of a pig, leaf fat.
  11. One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
  12. Marijuana.
  13. (4chan) A Canadian person.
LEAVES verb
  1. To have a consequence or remnant.
  2. To depart; to separate from.
  3. To transfer something.
  4. To remain (behind); to stay.
  5. To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).
LEAVES noun
  1. The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.
  2. The arrangement of balls in play that remains after a shot is made (which determines whether the next shooter — who may be either the same player, or an opponent — has good options, or only poor ones).
LEAVES noun
  1. Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
  2. Permission.
  3. Farewell, departure.
LEAVES verb
  1. To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.
LEAVES verb
  1. To produce leaves or foliage.
LEAVES verb
  1. To raise; to levy.

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