dredge

[Dredge]

When a harbor becomes filled with silt, you dredge it to make it navigable again. You scoop out the mud with a big shovel, which is also called a dredge, and make a channel deep enough for ships.

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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.

Noun
a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed

Verb
remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water

Verb
search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost

Verb
cover before cooking; "dredge the chicken in flour before frying it"

n.
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.

n.
Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water.

v. t.
To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine.

n.
A mixture of oats and barley.

v. t.
To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat.

Dredge

Dredge , n. [F. dr'8age, 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

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

Dredge, n. [OE. dragge, F. drag'82e, 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

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.

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.

To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine.

A mixture of oats and barley.

To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat.

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