ALL meanings of dredge
dredge
D d - noun dredge Clean out the bed of (a harbor, river, or other area of water) by scooping out mud, weeds, and rubbish with a dredge. 1
- noun dredge 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. 1
- noun dredge a barge on which such a machine is mounted. 1
- noun dredge a dragnet or other contrivance for gathering material or objects from the bottom of a river, bay, etc. 1
- verb with object dredge to sprinkle or coat with some powdered substance, especially flour. 1
- verb without object dredge to use a dredge. 1
- transitive verb dredge riverbed: clear, dig up 1
- transitive verb dredge cookery: dust sth with flour 1
- transitive verb dredge sprinkle sth: with flour 1
- noun dredge machinery for clearing riverbed 1
- noun dredge Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as. 0
- noun dredge Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water. 0
- noun dredge A mixture of oats and barley. 0
- verb dredge to make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge. 0
- verb dredge to bring something to the surface with a dredge. 0
- verb dredge (Usually with up) to unearth, such as an unsavoury past. 0
- verb dredge to coat moistened food with a powder, such as flour or sugar. 0
- verb dredge When people dredge a harbour, river, or other area of water, they remove mud and unwanted material from the bottom with a special machine in order to make it deeper or to look for something. 0
- noun dredge a machine, in the form of a bucket ladder, grab, or suction device, used to remove material from a riverbed, channel, etc 0
- verb dredge to remove (material) from a riverbed, channel, etc, by means of a dredge 0
- verb dredge to search for (a submerged object) with or as if with a dredge; drag 0
- verb dredge to sprinkle or coat (food) with flour, sugar, etc 0
- noun dredge a device consisting of a net attached to a frame, dragged along the bottom of a river, bay, etc. to gather shellfish, marine plant specimens, etc. 0
- noun dredge an apparatus for scooping or sucking up mud, sand, rocks, etc., as in deepening or clearing channels, harbors, etc. 0
- noun dredge a barge or other boat equipped with a dredge 0
- verb transitive dredge to search for or gather (up) with or as with a dredge 0
- verb transitive dredge to enlarge or clean out (a river channel, harbor, etc.) with a dredge 0
- intransitive verb dredge to use a dredge 0
- intransitive verb dredge to search as with a dredge 0
- verb transitive dredge to coat (food) with flour or the like, as by sprinkling 0
- verb transitive dredge to sprinkle (flour, etc.) 0