dredge (verb)

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• dredge — ► VERB 1) clean out the bed of (a harbour, river, etc.) with a dredge. 2) bring up or remove with a dredge. 3) (dredge up) bring (something unwelcome and forgotten) to people s attention. ► NOUN ▪ an apparatus for bringing up objects or mud from… …   English terms dictionary

• dredge — I. /drɛdʒ / (say drej) noun 1. a. a dragnet or other contrivance for gathering material or objects from the bed of a river, etc. b. such a dragnet used for harvesting shellfish from the seabed. 2. any of various powerful machines for dredging up… …  

• dredge up — verb mention something unpleasant from the past Drag up old stories • Syn: ↑drag up • Hypernyms: ↑mention, ↑advert, ↑bring up, ↑cite, ↑name, ↑refer …   Useful english dictionary

• dredge — verb 1 (T) to remove mud or sand from the bottom of a river, harbour 1 etc 2 (I, T) to search for something on the bottom of a river, lake, etc with a dredge 3 (T) to cover food lightly with flour, sugar etc dredge sth up phrasal verb (T) 1… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• dredge up — verb a) To dig up. Where did you dredge up the idea that they didnt know what hospital he was born in. , Finnish: kaivaa b) To find by diligent search, especially from unsavory sources …   Wiktionary

• dredge — verb Dredge is used with these nouns as the object: ↑river …   Collocations dictionary

• dredge — (n.) late 15c., in Scottish dreg boat boat for dredging, perhaps ultimately from root of DRAG (Cf. drag) (possibly via M.Du. dregghe drag net ). The verb is attested from c.1500 in Scottish. Related: Dredged; dredging …   Etymology dictionary

• dredge — I. verb (dredged; dredging) Date: 1508 transitive verb 1. a. to dig, gather, or pull out with or as if with a dredge often used with up b. to deepen (as a waterway) with a dredging machine 2. to bring to light by deep searching often used with up …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• dredge — dredge1 verb 1》 clean out the bed of (a harbour, river, etc.) with a dredge.     ↘bring up or remove with a dredge. 2》 (dredge something up) bring something unwelcome and forgotten to people s attention. noun an apparatus for bringing up objects… …   English new terms dictionary

• dredge — dredge1 [ dredʒ ] verb transitive 1. ) to remove dirt and sand from the bottom of a river or lake a ) to look for something at the bottom of a river or lake using a dredge 2. ) to shake something such as sugar or flour over something ,dredge up… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• dredge up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If someone dredges up a piece of information they learned a long time ago, or if they dredge up a distant memory, they manage to remember it. [V P n (not pron)] ...an American trying to dredge up some French or German learned in… …   English dictionary