dredge (n.)

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

    dredge (v.)

  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

    [ Syn: drag ]

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

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