dredge

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

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

3 nautical :  a barge used in dredging

:  to coat by sprinkling (as with flour) dredge the chicken in flour The fish is dredged with a cornmeal mixture and fried.

:  to dig or gather with or as if with a device dragged along the bottom of a body of water dredged the river dredging for oysters

1 :  a heavy iron frame with a net attached to be dragged along the bottom of a body of water

2 :  a machine or boat used in dragging along the bottom of a body of water

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