Sekirov Dictionary

dredge

/dɹɛd͡ʒ/

noun 8
verb 4
forms 3
phrases 1

noun8

Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging.
A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds.
A dredging machine.
An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.
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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
A large shaker for sprinkling spices or seasonings during food preparation.
Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water.
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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 barley — 1991

verb4

To make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge.
To bring something to the surface with a dredge.
To unearth.
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To sprinkle (food) with spices or seasonings, using a dredge.
- Dredge the meat with the flour mixture you prepared earlier.

forms

dredged · dredging · dredges

Phrases with dredge

dredge-up
A temporary episode of deep convection in an evolved star, which brings fusion products to the surface of the star and allows them to be detected in the star's spectrum.

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