dredge
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dredge¹
- /dɹɛd͡ʒ/
Rhymes with -ɛdʒ
Where it comes from
From Scots dreg-boat, dreg-bot (from Old English *dreċġ); or alternatively from Middle Dutch dregghe (“drag-net”), probably ultimately from the same root as drag.
noun dredges
- A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds.
- A dredging machine. The section includes also combination bucket and suction dredges, true suction dredgers, the Friihling dredge, the reclamation dredge, the longshoot dredge, the hopper barge, the self-propelling hopper, and the rock cutter.
- An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.
- The act of dredging. A dredge of the river is not possible at this time due to the strong currents and dangerous riptides which plague the St. Lawrence after the ice melts.
- Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water.
verb dredges · dredging · dredged
- To make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge.
- To bring something to the surface with a dredge. Subject to flooding by the six small rivers coming together just west of the city, the main river below the city has long been shallow and subject to silting. The Communists have both maintained the earlier pattern of dredging the river, and have built a bypass flood canal around the city on the sou
- To unearth. to dredge up someone's unsavoury past
dredge²
- /dɹɛd͡ʒ/
Rhymes with -ɛdʒ
Where it comes from
From Middle English dragge, from Old French dragee, dragie, from Latin tragēmata, from Ancient Greek τραγήματα (tragḗmata, “spices”), plural of τράγημα (trágēma, “dried fruit”).
noun dredges
- A large shaker for sprinkling spices or seasonings during food preparation.
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A mixture of oats and barley.
It is true that on the boulder clay of south Cambridgeshire they grew dredge, a mixture of oats and barley
Similar: bullimong
verb dredges · dredging · dredged
- To sprinkle (food) with spices or seasonings, using a dredge. Dredge the meat with the flour mixture you prepared earlier.
Dredge³
Where it comes from
Variant spelling of Drage.
proper noun Dredges
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: drag, hopper, spade, dustpan, wash, shovel, dipper, alluvial, flirt, romance, seduce, game, material, dry, drudger, dragline excavator
Translations
Every language
noun dredging machine
| Español | draga |
|---|---|
| Português | draga |
| Deutsch | Baggermaschine |
| Italiano | draga |
| Ελληνικά | βυθοκόρος vythokóros |
| Русский | драга draga |
noun iron frame
| Italiano | sferra |
|---|
verb to make a channel deeper
| Español | dragar |
|---|---|
| Português | dragar |
| Français | draguer |
| Italiano | dragare |
| Русский | углубля́ть uglubljátʹ, углуби́ть uglubítʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | nạo vét |
verb to bring something to the surface with a dredge
| Español | dragar |
|---|---|
| Português | dragar |
| Deutsch | herausholen |
| Italiano | dragare |
| Русский | вычёрпывать vyčórpyvatʹ, вы́черпать výčerpatʹ |
verb to unearth
| Español | dragar |
|---|---|
| Português | dragar |
| Italiano | rivangare, disseppellire |
| Русский | выу́живать vyúživatʹ, вспомина́ть vspominátʹ, выка́пывать vykápyvatʹ, вы́копать výkopatʹ, отка́пывать otkápyvatʹ, откопа́ть otkopátʹ |
verb to coat moistened food with powder
| Italiano | spolverare |
|---|---|
| Русский | посыпать posypatʹ |
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