DREDGE Definition & Meaning

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dredge

[ drej ]

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noun

Also called dredging machine. any of various powerful machines for dredging up or removing earth, as from the bottom of a river, by means of a scoop, a series of buckets, a suction pipe, or the like.
a barge on which such a machine is mounted.
a dragnet or other contrivance for gathering material or objects from the bottom of a river, bay, etc.

verb (used with object)

dredged, dredging.

to clear out with a dredge; remove sand, silt, mud, etc., from the bottom of.
to take, catch, or gather with a dredge; obtain or remove by a dredge.

verb (used without object)

dredged, dredging.

to use a dredge.

verb phrase

1. to unearth or bring to notice:
  We dredged up some old toys from the bottom of the trunk.
2. to locate and reveal by painstaking investigation or search:
  Biographers excel at dredging up little known facts.

dredge

[ drej ]

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verb (used with object)

Cooking.

dredged, dredging.

to sprinkle or coat with some powdered substance, especially flour.

dredge

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noun

Also calleddredger a machine, in the form of a bucket ladder, grab, or suction device, used to remove material from a riverbed, channel, etc
another name for dredger 1

verb

to remove (material) from a riverbed, channel, etc, by means of a dredge
tr to search for (a submerged object) with or as if with a dredge; drag

dredge

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verb

to sprinkle or coat (food) with flour, sugar, etc

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of dredge¹

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English ( Scots ) dreg, as in dreg-boat “dredge boat,” probably an irregular formation of Old English dragan draw ( def ); dray ( def )

Origin of dredge²

First recorded in 1590–1600; verb use of dredge (now obsolete or dialectal) “mixture of grains,” from late Middle English drag(g)e, dreg(g)e, draget(e), apparently to be identified with Middle English drag(g)e, dragie “sweet sauce, confection; mixture of grains, mix or company of people,” from Anglo-French drag(g)é, dragee, from Old French dragie, dragé; possibly related to ��é��

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of dredge¹

C16: perhaps ultimately from Old English dragan to draw ; see drag

Origin of dredge²

C16: from Old French dragie, perhaps from Latin �ٰ��ŧ��ٲ� spices, from Greek

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Even though you may wet it during some part of the precooking process — like dipping it in egg before dredging it in flour — it should be dry or only lightly oiled before cooking.

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I have to admit, I did a double take when I saw in last Sunday’s letters, not just one, but two USC detractors dredged up the same tired old jab, “The University of Spoiled Children.”

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On the other hand, Trump's rationale for dredging up wartime powers to render foreigners to a foreign prison notorious for its inhumane treatment is completely made up.

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It said dredging work had recently taken place to protect the biodiversity of the area, adding there were only certain times of the year when this could take place.

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Mr Owens said he was frustrated he cannot dredge the river, saying "common sense" needed to prevail.

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