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dredge has definitions from the fields of nautical,food
1
[ verb ] remove with a dredge, usually from a bottom of a body of water

Related terms

remove

2
[ verb ] search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost

Synonyms

drag

Related terms

search

3
[ verb ] (food) cover before cooking

Examples

"dredge the chicken in flour before frying it"

Related terms

coat flour cooking

4
[ noun ] (nautical) a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed

Related terms

power_shovel dredger scoop dredging_bucket

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Phonetic and Homophones

D R EH1 JH

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