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Dredge Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dredge? [n] a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed [v] remove with a dredge, usually from a bottom of a body of water [v] search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost [v] cover before cooking; "dredge the chicken in flour before frying it" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dredge: drag Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dredge: avulse \| besprinkle \| bore \| bread \| breathe \| brew \| burrow \| color \| crumb \| cut out \| decoct \| delve \| deracinate \| dig \| dig out \| dig up \| digger \| dike \| disentangle \| dot \| drag up \| draw \| draw out \| draw up \| dredge up \| dredger \| drill \| driller \| drive \| dust \| dye \| entincture \| eradicate \| evolve \| evulse \| excavate \| excavator \| excise \| exsect \| extract \| extricate \| fish up \| flavor \| flour \| furrow \| gather up \| get out \| gouge \| gouge out \| groove \| groundhog \| grub \| grub up \| haul up \| imbrue \| imbue \| impregnate \| infiltrate \| infuse \| instill \| leaven \| lower \| mine \| miner \| navvy \| penetrate \| pepper \| permeate \| pervade \| pick out \| pick up \| pluck out \| pluck up \| powder \| pull \| pull out \| pull up \| quarry \| rake out \| remove \| rip out \| root out \| root up \| sandhog \| sap \| sapper \| saturate \| scoop \| scoop out \| scrabble \| scrape \| scratch \| season \| shovel \| sink \| spade \| spatter \| speck \| speckle \| splatter \| spot \| sprinkle \| steam shovel \| steep \| stud \| suffuse \| take out \| take up \| tear out \| temper \| tincture \| tinge \| transfuse \| trench \| trough \| tunnel \| tunneler \| unearth \| unravel \| uproot \| weed out \| withdraw \| wrest out See Also \| coat \| digger \| dredger \| dredging bucket \| excavator \| flour \| look for \| power shovel \| remove \| scoop \| scoop shovel \| search \| seek \| shovel \| surface \| take \| take away \| withdraw Dredge In Webster's Dictionary \Dredge\, n. [F. dr[`e]ge, dreige, fish net, from a word akin to E. draw; cf. D. dreg, dregge, small anchor, dregnet dragnet. ????. See {Draw}.] 1. Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: (a) A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds. (b) A dredging machine. (c) An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea. 2. (Mining) Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water. --Raymond. \Dredge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dredged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dredging}.] To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine. --R. Carew. {Dredging machine}, a machine (commonly on a boat) used to scoop up mud, gravel, or obstructions from the bottom of rivers, docks, etc., so as to deepen them. \Dredge\, n. [OE. dragge, F. drag['e]e, dredge, also, sugar plum; cf. Prov. dragea, It. treggea; corrupted fr. LL. tragemata, pl., sweetmeats, Gr. ?, fr. ? to gnaw.] A mixture of oats and barley. [Obs.] --Kersey. \Dredge\, v. t. To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat. --Beau. & Fl. {Dredging box}. (a) Same as 2d {Dredger}. (b) (Gun.) A copper box with a perforated lid; -- used for sprinkling meal powder over shell fuses. --Farrow.

Dredge Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dredge?

[n] a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed
[v] remove with a dredge, usually from a bottom of a body of water
[v] search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
[v] cover before cooking; "dredge the chicken in flour before frying it"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dredge: drag

Dredge In Webster's Dictionary

\Dredge\, n. [F. dr[`e]ge, dreige, fish net, from a word
akin to E. draw; cf. D. dreg, dregge, small anchor, dregnet
dragnet. ????. See {Draw}.]
1. Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as:
   (a) A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their
       beds.
   (b) A dredging machine.
   (c) An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in
       collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.

2. (Mining) Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in
   water. --Raymond.


\Dredge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dredged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Dredging}.]
To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging
machine. --R. Carew.

{Dredging machine}, a machine (commonly on a boat) used to
   scoop up mud, gravel, or obstructions from the bottom of
   rivers, docks, etc., so as to deepen them.


\Dredge\, n. [OE. dragge, F. drag['e]e, dredge, also,
sugar plum; cf. Prov. dragea, It. treggea; corrupted fr. LL.
tragemata, pl., sweetmeats, Gr. ?, fr. ? to gnaw.]
A mixture of oats and barley. [Obs.] --Kersey.


\Dredge\, v. t.
To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat.
--Beau. & Fl.

{Dredging box}.
(a) Same as 2d {Dredger}.
(b) (Gun.) A copper box with a perforated lid; -- used for
    sprinkling meal powder over shell fuses. --Farrow.

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