dredge Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed
  2. verb cover before cooking
    • dredge the chicken in flour before frying it
  3. verb search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
    drag.
  4. verb remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water

WordNet

Dredge noun
Etymology
F. drège, dreige, fish net, from a word akin to E. draw; cf. D. dreg, dregge, small anchor, dregnet dragnet. . See Draw.
Definitions
  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.
Dredge transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Dredged ; present participle & verbal noun Dredging
Definitions
  1. To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine. R. Carew.
Dredge noun
Etymology
OE. dragge, F. dragée, dredge, also, sugar plum; cf. Prov. dragea, It. treggea; corrupted fr. LL. tragemata, pl., sweetmeats, Gr. , fr. to gnaw.
Definitions
  1. A mixture of oats and barley. Obs. Kersey.
Dredge transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat. Beau. & Fl. Farrow.

Webster 1913