Dredge

Word DREDGE
Character 6
Hyphenation dredge
Pronunciations /dɹɛdʒ/

Definitions and meanings of "Dredge"

What do we mean by dredge?

Any of various machines equipped with scooping or suction devices and used to deepen harbors and waterways and in underwater mining. noun

A boat or barge equipped with a dredge. noun

An implement consisting of a net on a frame, used for gathering shellfish. noun

To clean, deepen, or widen with a dredge. intransitive verb

To bring up with a dredge. intransitive verb

To come up with; unearth. intransitive verb

To use a dredge. intransitive verb

To coat (food) by sprinkling with a powder, such as flour or sugar. transitive verb

Formerly, same as meslin; now, specifically, a mixture of oats and barley sown together. noun

To clear out with a dredge; remove sand, silt, mud, etc., from the bottom of: as, to dredge a harbor, river, or canal.

To take, catch, or gather with a dredge; obtain or remove by the use of a dredge: as, to dredge mud from a river.

To make use of a dredge; operate with a dredge: as, to dredge for oysters.

To sprinkle flour upon, as roasting meat.

A bush-harrow; a large rake. noun

Any instrument for bringing up or removing solid substances from under water by dragging on the bottom. noun

An apparatus for bringing up marine animals, plants, and other objects from the bottom of the sea for scientific investigation. It consists principally of a frame of iron and a net which is attached to the frame. As generally constructed, the frame is transversely oblong, generally about three times as long as wide, with straight ends and slightly inclined sides, having the outer edges sharp to serve as scrapers. The net is usually composed of heavy twine, but sometimes of iron chainwork, and is attached to the frame by holes near the inner edges. Fastened to the frame are iron handles, to which a rope or iron chain is attached. noun

A machine for clearing the beds of canals, rivers, harbors, etc. See dredging-machine. noun

In ore-dressing, in certain mining districts of England, ore which is intermediate in rich ness between “prill-ore”; and “halvans”; ore of second quality, more or less intermixed with veinstone. Sometimes written dradge. noun

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

Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water. noun

Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as:

Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water.

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Any type of underwater digging, cleaning, and/or excavating a land mass. Used widely in undersea divers (commercial divers). Urban Dictionary

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A piece of gold mining equipment. The dredge consists of pontoons, sluice box,water pump and hose. See keene Dredge. Urban Dictionary

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The word "dredge" in example sentences

And the dry-wet-dry dredge is messy enough, I can't imagine even more of a disaster! ❋ Homesick Texan (2007)

Outside he can dredge from a boat at his service; or swim and rest in the sun to go back invigorated into his laboratory. ❋ Unknown (1939)

The dredge is actually working between the Thetis and the sand. ❋ Unknown (1919)

For instance, in Bear Creek the dredge is built right near the side of the creek and digs out a hole for itself, and the water sweeps in from the side and forms a pool around it, and then it can be handled from the dredge in any way that is required. ❋ Unknown (1906)

... a ride on a specially restored tin dredge (with costumed Mat Salleh bosses to shout at everyone) ... ❋ Sharon Bakar (2005)

His dredge was the first of the four, moored by chains on both sides of both ends. ❋ Colleen McCullough (2000)

Acting Assistant Paymaster J.W. Sands and myself, as to the propriety of steaming down the river without dredging it, it was agreed upon to call the dredge-boats in, and we proceeded down the river, shelling the woods on right bank of the river and then came to an anchor above ❋ Unknown (1876)

He called dredge mining a "great economic benefit to the county." ❋ Unknown (2009)

With regulators 'blessing, TVA was simply putting ash from its massive Kingston plant -- where nine burners consume 14,000 tons of coal a day -- into a nearby lagoon where it was mixed with water, allowed to settle and then pumped into what's known as a dredge cell. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But the law (however administered, and I am bound to aver that, in Scotland, ‘it couldna weel be waur’) acts as a kind of dredge, and with dispassionate impartiality brings up into the light of day, and shows us for a moment, in the jury-box or on the gallows, the creeping things of the past. ❋ Unknown (1912)

But the law (however administered, and I am bound to aver that, in Scotland, 'it couldna weel be waur') acts as a kind of dredge, and with dispassionate impartiality brings up into the light of day, and shows us for a moment, in the jury-box or on the gallows, the creeping things of the past. ❋ Robert Louis Stevenson (1872)

The phrase is of course based on the word "dredge," which refers to an excavation device used to scrape a seabed or river bed, usually to keep waterways navigable. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If tree stumps are left over from when the reservoir was flooded, Gibson said that would mean a different kind of dredge would need to be used. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Briefly stated, the _modus operandi_ should be as follows: Sow the seed at the natural season, soon as ripe, on moist vegetable soil; do not cover it with more than a mere dash of sand; the aspect should be north, but with a little shade any other will do; the seedlings will be pretty strong by the time of the early frosts; about that time they should, on dry days, have three or four slight dressings of soot and quicklime; it should be dusted over them with a "dredge" or sieve; this may be expected to clear them of the slug pest, after which a dressing of sand and half-rotten leaves may be scattered over them; this will not only keep them fresh and plump during winter, but also protect them from the effects of wet succeeded by frost, which often lifts such things entirely out of the earth. ❋ John Wood (N/A)

“bab,” a kind of dredge, with hooks at its under side to tear up plant roots. ❋ James Conway Walter (N/A)

At that time the Army Corps of Engineers was considering a plan to dredge the river and build a series of dams. ❋ Walter F. Mondale (2010)

Who's the dredge. I just wanna [bend] that dredge over [the table] and [punish] her. ❋ MILKMAN272722 (2006)

[Maggie] and [kasey] like to dredge while their [parents] are home. ❋ Kaseyandmaggie (2007)

Today, we are going [to go] out, and dredge out the [casino] [boat]. ❋ Derrick Bowman (2006)

There are generally 3 [stages] of weed: [1st] smoke=Green, 1st dredge=black, second dredge=[grey]. ❋ Morefudgeon (2014)

This [summer], Im going to take the dredge to the [claim] and find some [gold]! ❋ Garrett (2003)

[Who needs] weed when you can listen to [El Cielo] and [Leitmotif]? ❋ Cacaboy (2004)

I saw dredg open for [Coheed and Cambria] and it changed my life. [dredg's] new album Catch Without Arms is absolutely [ridiculous]. ❋ DrCrunkenstein (2005)

i listened to dredg for [the first time] last week and it [kept] [raining] and i was so confused. ❋ Matthew Dyess (2005)

[We live] like [penguins] [in the desert]. Why can't [we live] like tribes? ❋ Jon Ross (2003)

❋ Anonymous (2003)

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