Synonyms of dredged

dredged

verb

past tense of dredge

as in searched

to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something

I've been dredging my memory bank, and I simply can't remember her name

Synonyms & Similar Words

• searched
• found
• scanned
• combed
• raked
• surveyed
• scoured
• explored
• rifled
• trolled
• located
• investigated
• examined
• rummaged
• dug (through)
• inspected
• ransacked
• discovered
• hunted (through)
• reviewed
• sorted (through)
• detected
• ascertained
• scrutinized
• determined
• probed
• checked (out)
• learned
• hit (on or upon)
• audited
• found out
• studied
• prospected
• tracked (down)
• ran down
• got
• frisked
• perused
• looked over
• shook down
• poked (around)
• patted down
• browsed
• descried
• snooped
• scared up
• glanced (over)
• grubbed (about)
• skirmished
• ferreted (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lost
• abandoned
• hid
• ignored
• neglected

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dredged

The combined sewage-overflow tanks that are supposed to divert sewage from running into the canal won’t be complete until 2029 — a seven-year delay that might require parts of the canal to be re-dredged again to remove the contamination. — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2026

His defenders have dredged statues out of rivers and remounted them. — Peter C. Mancall, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026

Less than two miles long and a third of a mile wide, the islet was created from sand dredged from the river in the 1960s when the Elbe was deepened to allow container ships to travel upriver to port in Hamburg. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026

Seasonal sand berms to limit coastal flooding and protect public safety will begin to go up along the beach in the next week, and the San Dieguito Lagoon inlet will also be dredged, likely in the first two weeks of November. — Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2026

After one unit went offline, the Romanian navy blasted riverbed rocks, dredged the channel, and sank barges filled with stones in an attempt to divert more water toward the plant and keep the other unit operating. — CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026

Astor’s body was dredged from the drink, shipped from Nova Scotia to New York, and attended to by Crandall with such deftness that his funeral featured a public viewing. — John Semley, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026

Once dredged for sand and gravel to make up the roads, the river was prone to flooding. — Literary Hub, 20 July 2026

The fries here are great, but even better are the gluten-free onion rings, dredged in the same distinctive cornmeal coating used for the seafood. — Luke Pyenson, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026