dredge
verb (1)
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Definition of dredge
(Entry 1 of 3)
1a
: to dig, gather, or pull out with or as if with a dredge (see dredge entry 2)
dredging oysters in the bay
—often used with up dredge up silt from the canal bottom
b
civil engineering
: to deepen (a waterway) with a machine that removes earth usually by buckets on an endless chain or a suction tube : to deepen with a dredge (see dredge entry 2 sense 2)
2
: to bring to light by deep searching
—often used with up dredging up memories
dredge
nounDefinition of dredge (Entry 2 of 3)
dredge
verb (2)
dredged;
dredging
Definition of dredge (Entry 3 of 3)
: to coat by sprinkling (as with flour)
dredge the chicken in flour The fish is dredged with a cornmeal mixture and fried.
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Verb (1)
dredger
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Verb (2)
dredger
noun
Examples of dredge in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
The plant’s owners, first San Diego Gas & Electric Co. and then NRG Energy, dredged the lagoon every year or two to keep it deep and wide enough to provide a steady flow of cooling water for the power plant. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Man pushes preservation of 400-foot-tall coastal smokestack," 8 Sep. 2019 The court filings seek tens of millions of dollars and dredge up old allegations while highlighting new ones with details never before released, such as the bank deposit and treasury alert. — John Holland, baltimoresun.com, "Police officers on Baltimore’s tainted Gun Trace Task Force are locked up. But the lawsuits keep pouring in.," 7 Sep. 2019 Officials said a significant portion of the Great Meadows Marsh is no longer able to fully function as a tidal saltmarsh as a result of actions to dump dredged soil and fill in portions of the wetlands in the 1950s. — Gregory B. Hladky, courant.com, "Connecticut’s largest saltmarsh to be restored using Superfund money," 20 Aug. 2019 Today, Mahendra Mandal tills the same sediments where, not so long ago, dolphins trailed their flippers in an undertow of darkness, dredging up mollusks to eat. — Paul Salopek, National Geographic, "India’s holiest river is drying up," 9 Aug. 2019 Once dredged and hauled on deck, the scallops are usually shucked at sea, the meats packed in cotton bags and stored on ice or frozen. — Ann Parson, BostonGlobe.com, "Gift from the sea: New Bedford’s bounty starts with scallops," 15 July 2019 Dewayne Fox, a fisheries professor at Delaware State University, said the Delaware River's population remains low, possibly because of collisions with cargo vessels or dredging on spawning grounds. — Fox News, "Sturgeon, America's forgotten dinosaurs, are showing signs of life," 10 July 2019 Few people would ever have expected to dredge up the remains of a pontiff who, nine months after his death, was at the center of on of the most bizarre episodes in the history of the papacy: a posthumous trial of a corpse. — National Geographic, "In 897, the corpse of a pope was exhumed—to be put on trial.," 20 Aug. 2019 The vessel was scheduled to dredge for five days over the coming week, starting Wednesday. — USA TODAY, "Emoji house, Saharan dust, turtle crossing: News from around our 50 states," 8 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The Dressing Room The fine bun, crisp slaw and juicy chicken would be plenty, but the standout element of this sandwich is the dredge — light, flaky and beautifully seasoned with a subtly distinctive spice blend. — Dominic Armato, azcentral, "Forget Popeyes and Chick-fil-A. These 13 chicken sandwiches in metro Phoenix are better," 28 Aug. 2019 This is just one of the many island building projects that the Corps has completed in other pools, and all were constructed with dredge material. — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, "Letters: The goal of the Pig’s Eye Lake island project," 7 Aug. 2019 Working with 1 piece at a time, dredge chicken in flour, shaking off excess. — Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, "Everything Chicken Fingers with Wedge Salad," 23 Aug. 2019 In the 1930s and ’40s, dredge boats straightened the river, shortening it by 150 miles, so that floodwater would speed more quickly downstream. — Boyce Upholt, Time, "The Mississippi River Is Under Control—For Now," 9 May 2019 Ohio has made a deal with the U.S. Corps of Engineers to stop hauling dredge material from Lake Erie’s tributaries, including the Cuyahoga River, for open lake dumping. — D'arcy Egan, cleveland.com, "Sen. Rob Portman frustrated by continuing algal blooms on Lake Erie," 12 Aug. 2019 With labor gangs, mechanized excavators, pile drivers, dredges and dynamite, the largest single infrastructure project in New Orleans history progressed steadily over the next 15 months. — Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, "The radical idea of connecting the river to the lake: Industrial Canal was an engineering marvel," 9 Jan. 2018 The state has for nearly a decade required large-scale dredge operations to place sediment in restoration projects or pay a fee. — Tristan Baurick, nola.com, "Dredging, dams and other river controls starve places downriver of much-needed sediment," 15 June 2019 Most of the sediment the agency dredges is simply heaped on placement sites or poured into the Gulf. — Tristan Baurick, nola.com, "Dredging, dams and other river controls starve places downriver of much-needed sediment," 15 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'dredge.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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dredge
verb
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dredged;
dredging
Kids Definition of dredge
(Entry 1 of 2)
: to dig or gather with or as if with a device dragged along the bottom of a body of water
dredged the river dredging for oysters
dredge
nounKids Definition of dredge (Entry 2 of 2)
1
: a heavy iron frame with a net attached to be dragged along the bottom of a body of water
2
: a machine or boat used in dragging along the bottom of a body of water
3
: a machine for removing earth usually by buckets on an endless chain or by a suction tube