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dredge

About 0.59 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds. A dredging machine. An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.
  2. noun A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds.
  3. noun A dredging machine.
  4. noun An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.
  5. noun The act of dredging.
  6. noun Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water.
  7. verb To make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge.
  8. verb To bring something to the surface with a dredge.

Similar words

drag hopper spade dustpan wash shovel dipper alluvial flirt romance

Often followed by

up the and in is was with spoil for

Word family

dredged dredges dredging

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