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Added 10 October 2026

dredge

/dɹɛd͡ʒ/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about dredge at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed.

verb

Cover before cooking.
dredge the chicken in flour before frying it
Search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost.
Remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water.

Origin

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.

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