dredge
/dɹɛd͡ʒ/
dredge noun: a dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds.
Noun (1)
dredge (plural dredges)
- A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds.
- A dredging machine.
- The section includes also combination bucket and suction dredges, true suction dredgers, the Friihling dredge, the reclamation dredge, the longshoot dredge, the hopper barge, the self-propelling hopper, and the rock cutter.1923, Marine Engineer and Naval Architect - Volume 46, page 162
- An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.
- The act of dredging.
- A dredge of the river is not possible at this time due to the strong currents and dangerous riptides which plague the St. Lawrence after the ice melts.2021, Suanne Laqueur, Here to Stay
- Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water.
Verb (1)
dredge (third-person singular simple present dredges, present participle dredging, simple past and past participle dredged)
- To make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge.
- To bring something to the surface with a dredge.
- Subject to flooding by the six small rivers coming together just west of the city, the main river below the city has long been shallow and subject to silting. The Communists have both maintained the earlier pattern of dredging the river, and have built a bypass flood canal around the city on the...1972, “TIENTSIN (T'IEN-CHING)”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 21, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1140, column 1
- To unearth.
- to dredge up someone's unsavoury past
- Friday night’s crowning victory at The Hawthorns was the 25th in 30 league matches since Antonio Conte’s decisive re-gearing of his team in September, the tactical switches that have coaxed such a thrilling run from this team of bolt-ons and upcycled squad players, most notably Victor Moses, who...2017 May 13, Barney Ronay, “Antonio Conte’s brilliance has turned Chelsea’s pop-up team into champions”, in The Guardian
Noun (2)
dredge (countable and uncountable, plural dredges)
- A large shaker for sprinkling spices or seasonings during food preparation.
- A mixture of oats and barley.
- It is true that on the boulder clay of south Cambridgeshire they grew dredge, a mixture of oats and barley1991, Edward Miller, Joan Thirsk, The Agrarian History of England and Wales: Volume 3, 1348-1500
- Synonyms:
- bullimong
Verb (2)
dredge (third-person singular simple present dredges, present participle dredging, simple past and past participle dredged)
- To sprinkle (food) with spices or seasonings, using a dredge.
- Dredge the meat with the flour mixture you prepared earlier.
Proper noun capitalized: Dredge
Dredge (plural Dredges)
- A surname.
dredge meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
dredge in Hindi
- ड्रेज
dredge in Tamil
- தூர் எடு, தூரெடு, தூர்வார், தூர்வாரி, தூர் வாரி
dredge in Urdu
- ڈریج, ڈریج کریں, ڈریج کرنا
dredge in Bengali
- ড্রেজ, ড্রেজ করার জন্য
More languagesFewer languages
- dredge in Telugu
- డ్రెడ్జ్
- dredge in Malayalam
- വലവീശിപ്പിടിക്കുക, കുഴിച്ചുതോണ്ടുക, ചേറുവാരുക, നദിയോ തുറമുഖമോ വൃത്തിയാക്കുക
- dredge in Kannada
- ಹೂಳೆತ್ತು, ಹೂಳೆತ್ತುವ ಯಂತ್ರ ಬಳಸಿ ಹೂಳೆತ್ತು, ಸಿಂಪಡಿಸು, ಚಿಮುಕಿಸು
- dredge in Punjabi
- ਡਰਿੱਗ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ, ਡਰਿੰਗ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- dredge in Gujarati
- ડ્રેજ, ડ્રેજ કરો, ડ્રેજ કરવા માટે
- dredge in Nepali
- ड्रेज, ड्रेज गर्नुहोस्, ड्रेजिङ गर्न
- dredge in Tagalog
- draga
- dredge in Vietnamese
- nạo vét
Examples of dredge in a sentence
- A channel was dredged to allow ocean-going vessels to reach the city.
- The silty river needed its channel dredged periodically to remain navigable.
- Where did you dredge up the idea that they didn't know what hospital he was born in?
Synonyms of dredge
Forms of dredge
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | dredges |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | dredges |
| present participle | dredging |
| past participle | dredged |
| past | dredged |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Dredges |
Origin of dredge
From Scots dreg-boat, dreg-bot (from Old English *dreċġ); or alternatively from Middle Dutch dregghe (“drag-net”), probably ultimately from the same root as drag.
From Middle English dragge, from Old French dragee, dragie, from Latin tragēmata, from Ancient Greek τραγήματα (tragḗmata, “spices”), plural of τράγημα (trágēma, “dried fruit”).
Variant spelling of Drage.
Words formed from dredge
Words that rhyme with dredge
Questions about dredge
- What does dredge mean?
- Dredge means a dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds.
- What is dredge in Hindi?
- Dredge in Hindi is ड्रेज. See Dredge meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dredge?
- Dredge can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce dredge?
- Dredge is pronounced /dɹɛd͡ʒ/.
- What is the plural of dredge?
- The plural of dredge is dredges.
Words near dredge in the dictionary
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