dredged; dredging
Definition of dredge
(Entry 1 of 3)
1a : 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 updredging up memories
dredge
nounDefinition of dredge (Entry 2 of 3)
dredge
verb (2)dredged; dredging
Definition of dredge (Entry 3 of 3)
: to coat by sprinkling (as with flour)
dredge the chicken in flour The fish is dredged with a cornmeal mixture and fried.
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The first known use of dredge was in 1508
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