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Definition of Dredge up
1. Verb. Mention something unpleasant from the past. "Drag up old stories"
Definition of Dredge up
1. Verb. (&lit dredge up) ¹
2. Verb. (figuratively) To find by diligent search, especially from unsavory sources. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dredge Up
Literary usage of Dredge up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Child Labor Bulletin by National Child Labor Committee (U.S.) (1914)
"... then collect your fund and turn it over to the agency that is seeking to dredge
up the rock that wrecked Willie. It is called Child Labor. ..."
2. Rediscovering America: Exploring the Small Towns of Virginia & Maryland by William J. Burnham, Mary K. Burnham (2002)
"But at least for now. you can still experience firsthand the work of an oysterman;
help draw up the sails and dredge up some oysters. ..."
3. Harbours of Refuge: Not "dangerous Decoys," "ship Traps," Nor "wrecking by Frederick Robert Augustus Glover (1859)
"If it cost £20000 to dredge-up an area of 6 inches of Silt, what will it cost to
dredge-up and get-out re-solidified-chalk-and-shingle, of 18 inches' ..."
4. Transactions of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers by Canadian Society of Civil Engineers (1905)
"He wanted to remark in conclusion that he considered it more important to keep
a dredge up to its work than to put too much stress on the first cost. ..."
5. The Mineral Industry by Richard Pennefather Rothwell (1906)
"Both spuds and head lines are used to keep the dredge up to its work. Of the two
methods, the spuds seem to be a little better for dredging, especially in ..."
6. The Journal of the Canadian Mining Institute by Canadian Mining Institute (1904)
"We handle stones in that dredge up to 18 inches in diameter and pass them through.
Mr. ERRINGTON—How would you do when you came to large boulders ? ..."
7. The Student, and Intellectual Observer (1871)
"It was a common occurrence to dredge up bunches of weed profusely covered with
it in every stage of development; and if the brilliant beauty of the mature ..."
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