dredged

Verb (1)

dredge (third-person singular simple present dredges, present participle dredging, simple past and past participle dredged)

1. To make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge.
2. 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
3. (transitive, usually) To unearth.
   • to dredge up someone's unsavoury past

Verb (2)

dredge (third-person singular simple present dredges, present participle dredging, simple past and past participle dredged)

1. (transitive) To sprinkle (food) with spices or seasonings, using a dredge.
   • Dredge the meat with the flour mixture you prepared earlier.

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