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1. (n.) dredge
any of various powerful machines for dredging up or removing earth, as by means of a scoop or a series of buckets.
2. dredge
a barge on which such a machine is mounted.
3. dredge
a dragnet or other contrivance for gathering material or objects from the bottom of a river, bay, etc.
4. (v.t.) dredge
clear out with a dredge:
to dredge a river.
5. dredge
to remove (sand, silt, etc.) from the bottom of a river or other body of water.
6. (v.i.) dredge
to use a dredge.
7. dredge
dredge up,
8. dredge
to discover and reveal; unearth.
9. (v.t.) dredge
to coat (food) with a powdery substance, as flour.
Etymology: (1590–1600; v. use of dredge mixture of grains, late ME dragge, dregge, appar. identical with ME drag(g)e, dragie sweetmeat, confection < OF (see dragée ))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) dredge
a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed
2. (verb) dredge
cover before cooking
"dredge the chicken in flour before frying it"
3. (verb) dredge, drag
search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
4. (verb) dredge
remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) dredge
any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: (a) A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds. (b) A dredging machine. (c) An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea
2. (noun) dredge
very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water
3. (noun) dredge
a mixture of oats and barley
4. (verb) dredge
to catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine
5. (verb) dredge
to sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat
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Sense: to deepen or clear the bed of (a river etc) by bringing up mud.
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 Afrikaans: bagger |
 Arabic: يُنَظِّفُ قاع النَّهْر |
 Bulgarian: чистя |
 Brazilian: dragar |
 Czech: (vy)bagrovat |
 German: ausbaggern |
 Danish: uddybe; opmudre |
 Greek: καθαρίζω το βυθό, κάνω κτ |
 Spanish: dragar, rastrear |
 Estonian: süvendama |
 Farsi: لایروبی کردن |
 Finnish: ruopata |
 French: draguer |
 Hebrew: לְנָקוֹת אֶת הַקָרקָעִית |
 Hindi: नदी इत्यादि के तल से मिट् |
 Croatian: vaditi mulj, jaružati |
 Hungarian: kikotor (folyómedret) |
 Indonesian: mengeruk |
 Icelandic: dÿpka; hreinsa |
 Italian: dragare |
 Japanese: さらい上げる |
 Korean: 준설하다 |
 Lithuanian: gilinti, valyti dugną |
 Latvian: bagarēt |
 Malay: mengorek |
 Dutch: baggeren |
 Norwegian: grave ut, renske/mudre op |
 Polish: bagrować |
 Persian: چقر كردن، گل را بيرون آور |
 Pashto: كډي كول، خټه رايستل |
 Portuguese: dragar |
 Romanian: a draga |
 Russian: драгировать |
 Slovak: bagrovať |
 Slovenian: čistiti strugo |
 Serbian: izvući sa dna reke |
 Swedish: muddra |
 Thai: ขุดลอก |
 Turkish: dibi taramak |
 Taiwanese: 疏濬 |
 Ukrainian: вичерпувати, поглиблювати |
 Urdu: ندی کی گودی سے دلدل صاف ک |
 Vietnamese: nạo vét sông |
 Chinese: 疏通河道，疏浚 |
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