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dredge

UK/dɹɛd͡ʒ/ US/ˈdrɛdʒ/ uncommon
noun (1) verb (3)

noun

1.

verb

1.

cover before cooking

  • “dredge the chicken in flour before frying it”
2.

search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost

Synonyms
3.

remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water

Origin

From Middle English dragge, from Old French dragee, dragie, from Latin tragēmata, from Ancient Greek τραγήματα (tragḗmata, “spices”), plural of τράγημα (trágēma, “dried fruit”).

Phrases

  • data dredging
  • dredge up
  • dredging box
  • gold dredge

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