Dredge

English Meaning

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.

1. Any of various machines equipped with scooping or suction devices and used to deepen harbors and waterways and in underwater mining.
2. Nautical A boat or barge equipped with a dredge.
3. An implement consisting of a net on a frame, used for gathering shellfish.
4. To clean, deepen, or widen with a dredge.
5. To bring up with a dredge: dredged up the silt.
6. To come up with; unearth: dredged up bitter memories.
7. To use a dredge: dredging for alluvial gold.
8. To coat (food) by sprinkling with a powder, such as flour or sugar.