'Dredge' definitions:
Definition of 'dredge'
(from WordNet)
noun
A power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed
verb
Cover before cooking; "dredge the chicken in flour before frying it"
verb
Search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost [syn: dredge, drag]
verb
Remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water
Definition of 'Dredge'
From: GCIDE
- Dredge \Dredge\ (dr[e^]j), n. [F. dr[`e]ge, dreige, fish net, from a word akin to E. draw; cf. D. dreg, dregge, small anchor, dregnet dragnet. [root]73. See Draw.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mining) Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water. --Raymond. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dredge'
From: GCIDE
- Dredge \Dredge\ (dr[e^]j), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dredged (dr[e^]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. Dredging.] To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine. --R. Carew. [1913 Webster]
- Dredging machine, a machine (commonly on a boat) used to scoop up mud, gravel, or obstructions from the bottom of rivers, docks, etc., so as to deepen them. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dredge'
From: GCIDE
- Dredge \Dredge\, n. [OE. dragge, F. drag['e]e, dredge, also, sugar plum; cf. Prov. dragea, It. treggea; corrupted fr. LL. tragemata, pl., sweetmeats, Gr. tragh`mata, fr. trw`gein to gnaw.] A mixture of oats and barley. [Obs.] --Kersey. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dredge'
From: GCIDE
- Dredge \Dredge\, v. t. To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
- Dredging box. (a) Same as 2d Dredger. (b) (Gun.) A copper box with a perforated lid; -- used for sprinkling meal powder over shell fuses. --Farrow. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dredge'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- avulse,
- besprinkle,
- bore,
- bread,
- breathe,
- brew,
- burrow,
- color,
- crumb,
- cut out,
- decoct,
- delve,
- deracinate,
- dig,
- dig out,
- dig up,
- digger,
- dike,
- disentangle,
- dot,
- drag up,
- draw,
- draw out,
- draw up,
- dredge up,
- dredger,
- drill,
- driller,
- drive,
- dust,
- dye,
- entincture,
- eradicate,
- evolve,
- evulse,
- excavate,
- excavator,
- excise,
- exsect,
- extract,
- extricate,
- fish up,
- flavor,
- flour,
- furrow,
- gather up,
- get out,
- gouge,
- gouge out,
- groove,
- groundhog,
- grub,
- grub up,
- haul up,
- imbrue,
- imbue,
- impregnate,
- infiltrate,
- infuse,
- instill,
- leaven,
- lower,
- mine,
- miner,
- navvy,
- penetrate,
- pepper,
- permeate,
- pervade,
- pick out,
- pick up,
- pluck out,
- pluck up,
- powder,
- pull,
- pull out,
- pull up,
- quarry,
- rake out,
- remove,
- rip out,
- root out,
- root up,
- sandhog,
- sap,
- sapper,
- saturate,
- scoop,
- scoop out,
- scrabble,
- scrape,
- scratch,
- season,
- shovel,
- sink,
- spade,
- spatter,
- speck,
- speckle,
- splatter,
- spot,
- sprinkle,
- steam shovel,
- steep,
- stud,
- suffuse,
- take out,
- take up,
- tear out,
- temper,
- tincture,
- tinge,
- transfuse,
- trench,
- trough,
- tunnel,
- tunneler,
- unearth,
- unravel,
- uproot,
- weed out,
- withdraw,
- wrest out