dredge
1Also called dredging machine . any of various powerful machines for dredging up or removing earth, as from the bottom of a river, by means of a scoop, a series of buckets, a suction pipe, or the like.
a barge on which such a machine is mounted.
a dragnet or other contrivance for gathering material or objects from the bottom of a river, bay, etc.
to clear out with a dredge; remove sand, silt, mud, etc., from the bottom of.
to take, catch, or gather with a dredge; obtain or remove by a dredge.
to use a dredge.
dredge up,
to unearth or bring to notice: We dredged up some old toys from the bottom of the trunk.
to locate and reveal by painstaking investigation or search: Biographers excel at dredging up little known facts.
Origin of dredge
1Words Nearby dredge
Other definitions for dredge (2 of 2)
to sprinkle or coat with some powdered substance, especially flour.
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How to use dredge in a sentence
Among the necessary permits that have been the subject of much controversy is a federal Clean Water Act “dredge and fill” permit.
Federal Regulators Are Rewriting Environmental Rules So a Massive Pipeline Can Be Built | by Ken Ward Jr. | December 8, 2020 | ProPublicaIn some areas, small specially-designed dredges are used by recreational harvesters, with the size and shape of such dredges designated by state laws.
14 wild edibles you can pull right out of the ocean | By Bob McNally/Field & Stream | October 19, 2020 | Popular-ScienceIn 1875, during an expedition for the Royal Society of London, the HMS Challenger dredged up 4-inch-long teeth from a depth of 14,000 feet near Tahiti.
Could an ancient megashark still lurk in the deep seas? | By Riley Black | October 15, 2020 | Popular-ScienceMicrosoft’s Special Projects team operated the underwater data center for two years, and it took a full day to dredge it up and bring it to the surface.
Microsoft Had a Crazy Idea to Put Servers Under Water—and It Totally Worked | Vanessa Bates Ramirez | September 17, 2020 | Singularity HubHis team dredged sand from Delaware Bay, using it to rebuild two miles of beach.
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Remove some shallots from the buttermilk and dredge in the seasoned flour mixture.
Make Carla Hall’s Crispy Shallot Green Bean Casserole | Carla Hall | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey get $8 million to dredge the channel for pleasure boats to sail to Catalina Island.
Let me go ahead and dredge this up before someone else does.
Perhaps some of them might dredge up some outrage over the message behind what Karzai did to the United States yesterday.
This whole project could be fruitful and dredge up even more dirt on Nixon.
President Obama Eyes New Oval Office While the White House Undergoes Renovations | Lauren Ashburn | February 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTdredge in a very little flour, and send up the ducks with the sauce round them.
Dressed Game and Poultry la Mode | Harriet A. de SalisCut up a pound of rump steak into pieces about an inch in size, season, and dredge them lightly with flour.
Dressed Game and Poultry la Mode | Harriet A. de SalisIt is just that I wonder if you want me to dredge this deeply into things I cannot be absolutely certain about.
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyHunter with the small hand-dredge brought up abundant samples of life from depths ranging to fifty fathoms.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonOn September 14 Bickerton started to construct a hand-dredge, which was ready for use by the next evening.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
British Dictionary definitions for dredge (1 of 2)
/ (drɛdʒ) /
Also called: dredger a machine, in the form of a bucket ladder, grab, or suction device, used to remove material from a riverbed, channel, etc
another name for dredger 1 (def. 1)
to remove (material) from a riverbed, channel, etc, by means of a dredge
(tr) to search for (a submerged object) with or as if with a dredge; drag
Origin of dredge
1British Dictionary definitions for dredge (2 of 2)
/ (drɛdʒ) /
to sprinkle or coat (food) with flour, sugar, etc
Origin of dredge
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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