dredge

Meaning

Noun

1. Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as:
2. Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as:
3. Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as:
4. The act of dredging.
5. Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water.

Verb

1. To make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge.
2. To bring something to the surface with a dredge.
3. To unearth.

Verb

To sprinkle (food) with spices or seasonings, using a dredge.

Synonyms

drag

dredger

excavate

dig

renovate

repair

clean out

placer dredge

dig up

fish

🐟

dredge out

extricate

flour

grub out

grub up

hollow

mine

poke into

ream

remove

riddle

root

rout

sap

scoop up

scour

screen

search

sparse

sprinkle

sweep away

take out

thin

trawl

trench

turn up

wash away

dredge boat

dredge up

rootle

rout up

rock dredge

drag boat

hydraulic dredge

mud drag

sieve

burrow

cave

cut

delve

digger

dig into

dig out

dragnet

drive

evoke

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɹɛd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: dragge

In summary

From Scots dreg-boat, dreg-bot (from Old English *dreċġ); or alternatively from Middle Dutch dregghe (“drag-net”), probably ultimately from the same root as drag.