An implement consisting of a net on a frame, used for gathering shellfish.
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Any of various machines equipped with scooping or suction devices and used to deepen harbors and waterways and in underwater mining.
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Nautical A boat or barge equipped with a dredge.
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An apparatus usually in the form of an oblong iron frame with an attached bag net used especially for gathering fish and shellfish.
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A machine for removing earth usually by buckets on an endless chain or a suction tube.
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verb-transitive
To bring up with a dredge: dredged up the silt.
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To clean, deepen, or widen with a dredge.
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To coat (food) by sprinkling with a powder, such as flour or sugar.
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To come up with; unearth: dredged up bitter memories.
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verb-intransitive
To use a dredge: dredging for alluvial gold.
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verb
To dig, gather, or pull out with or as if with a dredge.
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To deepen (as a waterway) with a machine.
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To bring to light by deep searching.
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To use a dredge.
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To search deeply.
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