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dredge (drej)
noun
a device consisting of a net attached to a frame, dragged along the bottom of a river, bay, etc. to gather shellfish, marine plant specimens, etc. an apparatus for scooping or sucking up mud, sand, rocks, etc., as in deepening or clearing channels, harbors, etc. a barge or other boat equipped with a dredge
Etymology: prob. < MDu dregge, akin todrag
transitive verbdredged,dredging dredg′·ing
to search for or gather (up) with or as with a dredge to enlarge or clean out (a river channel, harbor, etc.) with a dredge
intransitive verb
to use a dredge to search as with a dredge
Related Forms:
dredger dredg′er noun
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