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Dredge

Dredge Meaning & Definition
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

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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.

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