English to English
dredge
(dr/E//dZ/
)
noun (n)
- a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- 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.(noun)source: webster1913 - A mixture of oats and barley.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- cover before cooking(verb.contact)Example:
Dredge the chicken in flour before frying it.
source: wordnet30 - search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost(verb.contact)source: wordnet30
- remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water(verb.contact)source: wordnet30
- To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine.(verb)source: webster1913
- To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat.(verb)source: webster1913
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