dredgeverb [ T ]
uk/dredʒ/us/dredʒ/dredge verb [ T ] (REMOVE)
to remove unwanted things from the bottom of a river, lake, etc. using a boat or special device:
They have to dredge the canal regularly to keep it open.
to search an area of water by dredging:
The police are dredging the lake for his body.
They dredged up (= brought to the surface) all sorts of rubbish from the bottom of the river.
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Taking things away from someone or somewhere
- appropriate
- confiscate
- cream sth/sb off
- de-
- debug
- denude
- drain
- infringe on/upon sth
- knock
- knock sth out of sb
- nab
- off with sth idiom
- relieve
- shelf
- suck
- suck sb/sth dry idiom
- sweep
- take sth out
- tow
- tow-away
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Removing and extracting
Searching
dredge verb [ T ] (FOOD)
to drop flour, sugar, etc. over food:
Lightly dredge the cake with icing sugar.
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Spreading and scattering
- all over the place idiom
- bedaub
- bestrew
- billow
- circulate
- go round (somewhere)
- go/do the rounds idiom
- percolate
- radial
- radiate
- scatter
- slap
- spread
- spread out
- sprinkling
- straggle
- stretch
- strew
- suffuse
- sweep
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Preparing food
Phrasal verb(s)
dredge sth up