Thesaurus: dredge

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1. n. 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. n. Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water.
3. v. t. To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine.
4. n. A mixture of oats and barley.
5. v. t. To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat.
6. n. a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed
7. v. cover before cooking
8. v. search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
9. v. remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water
10. 1. 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. (Mining) Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water. Raymond. To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine. R. Carew. Dredging machine, a machine (commonly on a boat) used to scoop up mud, gravel, or obstructions from the bottom of rivers, docks, etc., so as to deepen them. A mixture of oats and barley. [Obs.] Kersey. To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat. Beau. & Fl. Dredging box. (a) Same as 2d Dredger. (b) (Gun.) A copper box with a perforated lid; -- used for sprinkling meal powder over shell fuses. Farrow.
11. Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water. Raymond.
12. n:25/v:75 n. a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed v. cover before cooking v. search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost v. remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water