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Dredge Very Common

Dredge has 9 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed

2

Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as:

3

A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds.

4

A large shaker for sprinkling spices or seasonings during food preparation.

Verb
1

cover before cooking

"dredge the chicken in flour before frying it"

2

search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost

3

remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water

4

To make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge.

5

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

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
power shovel coat search remove
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
flour
Rhyming Words
edge budge vedge lodge dodge ledge wedge judge nudge fidge midge wodge fedge pudge hudge widge rodge gedge jedge ridge
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