Definition of Dredge

1. Noun. A power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed.

Group relationships: Dredger
Terms within: Dredging Bucket, Scoop, Scoop Shovel
Generic synonyms: Digger, Excavator, Power Shovel, Shovel

2. Verb. Cover before cooking. "Dredge the chicken in flour before frying it"
Category relationships: Cookery, Cooking, Preparation
Specialized synonyms: Flour
Generic synonyms: Coat, Surface

3. Verb. Search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost. "The men dredge for animals in the area"
Exact synonyms: Drag
Generic synonyms: Look For, Search, Seek

4. Verb. Remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water.
Generic synonyms: Remove, Take, Take Away, Withdraw
Derivative terms: Dredger

Definition of Dredge

1. n. Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: (a) A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds. (b) A dredging machine. (c) An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.

2. v. t. To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine.

3. n. A mixture of oats and barley.

4. v. t. To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat.

Definition of Dredge

1. Noun. Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: ¹

2. Noun. Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water. ¹

3. Verb. to make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge ¹

4. Verb. to bring something to the surface with a dredge ¹

5. Verb. (''Usually with'' up) to unearth, such as an unsavoury past ¹

6. Verb. to coat moistened food with a powder, such as flour or sugar ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dredge

1. to clear with a dredge (a machine for scooping mud) [v DREDGED, DREDGING, DREDGES]

Medical Definition of Dredge

1. 1. Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc, from their beds. A dredging machine. An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea. 2. Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water. Origin: F. Drege, dreige, fish net, from a word akin to E. Draw; cf. D. Dreg, dregge, small anchor, dregnet dragnet. See Draw. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dredge

dreariness
drearinesses
drearing
drearings
drearisome
drears
drearsome
dreary
dreave
dreckier
dreckiest
dreckley
drecks
drecky
dredge (current term)
dredge up
dredged
dredger
dredgers
dredges
dredging
dredging bucket
dredgings
dredlocks
dreds
dree
dree one's weird
dreed
dreeing

Literary usage of Dredge

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"Oyster dredgers are not allowed to take oysters below a certain size, and the commercial dredge Is so contrived as to allow all small bodies to fall through ..."

2. Earthwork and Its Cost by Halbert Powers Gillette, Edward Ernest Russell Tratman (1912)
"This type of dredge is called a hopper dredge and is used only -where the ... The Dipper dredge.—This type is merely a long handled steam shovel mounted ..."

3. Industrial Arts Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"11 Int Marine Eng 18:280-2 Jl '13 Dipper dredge with hydraulic Jets for ... Eng N 69:128 Ja 16 '13 Hydraulic, dredge Niagara, plans Int Marine Eng 18:l! ..."

4. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"dredge (Mr. Grose says) is a mixture of oats and barley, now little sown. ... To dredge, is-to drag. A dredge, or dredge-net, is a drag or draa-nel. ..."

5. The Improvement of Rivers: A Treatise on the Methods Employed for Improving by Benjamin Franklin Thomas, David Alexander Watt (1913)
"Clam-shell dredge.—This style is similar in general arrangements to the dipper ... The speed of working is about the same as that of the dipper dredge. ..."

6. Mining Engineers' Handbook by Robert Peele (1918)
"A dredge in to. in 11*14. handled 4 670000 cu yd at a total cost of a.?7(i. ... A dredge crew consists an and an oiler per shift, with i or more roustabouts ..."

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