dredged; dredging
1
a
: to dig, gather, or pull out with or as if with a dredge (see dredge entry 2)
dredging oysters in the bay
—often used with updredge up silt from the canal bottom
b
civil engineering
: to deepen (a waterway) with a machine that removes earth usually by buckets on an endless chain or a suction tube : to deepen with a dredge (see dredge entry 2 sense 2)
2
: to bring to light by deep searching
—often used with up
dredging up memories
dredged; dredging
: to coat by sprinkling (as with flour)
dredge the chicken in flour
The fish is dredged with a cornmeal mixture and fried.
Synonyms
Examples of dredge in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Quanta Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
The 35-acre lake in Sharon Woods Park will be drained, dredged and then refilled in an 18-month process that starts in April.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2024
However, work was suspended in early January after the material dredged from an ocean site near Oceanside proved to be more rocks and gravel than sand.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2024
In fact, the Lake Express terminal was built on a similar facility that stores dredged material, Graffin said.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2024
Ahead are the arduous tasks of restoring forests ravaged by huge wildfires, repairing the damage to creeks and rivers that were dredged and channelized to dry up wetlands that once made their waters clear and pure, and mitigating other damage to lands and waters occurring over the past 150 years.
—The Arizona Republic, 7 Jan. 2024
Louisiana governor requests Federal Emergency Declaration for saltwater intrusion
To make the river navigable, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers routinely dredges the Mississippi, removing sediment and debris from the riverbed and making the navigation channel deep enough for barges.
—Max Golembo, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2023
Great Parks of Hamilton County will dredge the buildup of sediment on the bottom of the lake, which has accumulated from 35 years of runoff from surrounding roads and development.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2024
Kyle said the city plans to spend $3.2 million from the American Rescue Plan and state funding to dredge the lagoon and raise its levees this summer.
—Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
Ana Ionova, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Mar. 2024
Place 1/2 cup of the flour in a shallow dish; dredge cutlets in flour to coat both sides.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 24 Dec. 2023
The Department of Public Health and Environment in July enacted an emergency rule to provide some oversight over dredge and fill activities in waters that lost federal protection.
—Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 28 Jan. 2024
Once the sediment is pulled up from the river bottom by the dredge, it's piped half a mile back under the bridge to a series of pools leading to the area where the silver maples grow.
—Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
In a unanimous vote, the supervisors directed the county to conduct a feasibility study into allowing the 55-acre lake to become one that is 20 to 40 acres after an initial dredge that would be followed up by maintenance dredges in subsequent years.
—Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024
Day said the Corp of Engineers has a dredge at the lock and dam site and a second dredge is on the way to help clear the channel so that some tows can access the Arkansas River.
—Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2023
Their first dredge came up filled with scallops, a perfect meal for three.
—Christopher Maag, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2024
The dredge is on a hopper barge that collects the sand near Oceanside and carries it north to San Clemente, then pumps it from the barge through a pipe onto the beach.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2023
Verb
Today, after a cooling-off period, social neuroscientists are dredging the cells from the biological muck.
—Quanta Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
The 35-acre lake in Sharon Woods Park will be drained, dredged and then refilled in an 18-month process that starts in April.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2024
However, work was suspended in early January after the material dredged from an ocean site near Oceanside proved to be more rocks and gravel than sand.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2024
In fact, the Lake Express terminal was built on a similar facility that stores dredged material, Graffin said.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2024
Ahead are the arduous tasks of restoring forests ravaged by huge wildfires, repairing the damage to creeks and rivers that were dredged and channelized to dry up wetlands that once made their waters clear and pure, and mitigating other damage to lands and waters occurring over the past 150 years.
—The Arizona Republic, 7 Jan. 2024
Louisiana governor requests Federal Emergency Declaration for saltwater intrusion
To make the river navigable, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers routinely dredges the Mississippi, removing sediment and debris from the riverbed and making the navigation channel deep enough for barges.
—Max Golembo, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2023
Great Parks of Hamilton County will dredge the buildup of sediment on the bottom of the lake, which has accumulated from 35 years of runoff from surrounding roads and development.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2024
Kyle said the city plans to spend $3.2 million from the American Rescue Plan and state funding to dredge the lagoon and raise its levees this summer.
—Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
Noun
On the ground, deep in the Amazon rainforest, an armed Brazilian government agent watches as a dredge used to illegally mine gold from the Yanomami Indigenous Territory erupts into flames – destroyed on orders from the Federal Police.
—Ana Ionova, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Mar. 2024
Place 1/2 cup of the flour in a shallow dish; dredge cutlets in flour to coat both sides.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 24 Dec. 2023
The Department of Public Health and Environment in July enacted an emergency rule to provide some oversight over dredge and fill activities in waters that lost federal protection.
—Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 28 Jan. 2024
Once the sediment is pulled up from the river bottom by the dredge, it's piped half a mile back under the bridge to a series of pools leading to the area where the silver maples grow.
—Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
In a unanimous vote, the supervisors directed the county to conduct a feasibility study into allowing the 55-acre lake to become one that is 20 to 40 acres after an initial dredge that would be followed up by maintenance dredges in subsequent years.
—Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024
Day said the Corp of Engineers has a dredge at the lock and dam site and a second dredge is on the way to help clear the channel so that some tows can access the Arkansas River.
—Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2023
Their first dredge came up filled with scallops, a perfect meal for three.
—Christopher Maag, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2024
The dredge is on a hopper barge that collects the sand near Oceanside and carries it north to San Clemente, then pumps it from the barge through a pipe onto the beach.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2023
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dredge
1 of 3 verb
dredged; dredging
1
a
: to dig, gather, or pull out with or as if with a dredge
dredged up scallops from the sea bottom
b
: to deepen (as a waterway) with a dredge
2
: to bring to light by deep searching
dredging up memories
dredge
2 of 3 noun1
: an iron frame with an attached net used especially to catch fish or shellfish
2
: a machine for removing earth usually by buckets on a continuous chain or by a suction tube
dredge
3 of 3 verb
dredged; dredging
: to coat (food) by sprinkling (as with flour)
Etymology
Noun
probably from Old English dragan "to pull, drag"
Verb
from obsolete dredge (noun) "a candied fruit," derived from early French dragee (same meaning), from Latin tragemata (plural) "candied fruits," from Greek tragēmata (same meaning), derived from trōgein "to gnaw"
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