dredge up

: to dig, gather, or pull out with or as if with a dredge (see ²dredge)

: 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 ²dredge 2)

: to bring to light by deep searching

: an apparatus usually in the form of an oblong iron frame with an attached bag net used especially for gathering fish and shellfish

: a machine for removing earth usually by buckets on an endless chain or a suction tube

: a barge used in dredging

: to coat by sprinkling (as with flour)

: in or into a higher position or level

: from beneath the ground or water to the surface

: from below the horizon

: risen above the horizon

: standing

: being out of bed

used as a function word to indicate motion to or toward or situation at a higher point of

: up into or in the

: in a direction regarded as being toward or near the upper end or part of

: one in a high or advantageous position

: an upward slope

: a period or state of prosperity or success

: to rise from a lying or sitting position

: to move upward : ascend

used with and and another verb to indicate that the action of the following verb was either surprisingly or abruptly initiated