| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Dredge.[Websters]
2. To be powdered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have besprinkled or perfused. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To be unpicked, chastened or purified. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have flirted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To have dusted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have scoured, excavated, scanned, scavenged or ransacked. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To have raked. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have scraped or scratched. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To have cleansed or cleaned.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb dredge.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (dredge) | 1. Cover before cooking; "dredge the chicken in flour before frying it".[Wordnet]. 2. Search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost.[Wordnet]. 3. Remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water.[Wordnet]. 4. To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine.[Websters]. 5. To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat.[Websters]. 6. Base verb from the following inflections: dredging, dredged, dredges, dredger, dredgers, dredgingly and dredgedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DREDGED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1632. (references) |
Specialty Definition: dredge
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Noun] A dragnet for taking oysters, &c.. | 2: [Noun] A mixture of oats and barley sown together.. | 3: [Verb] To take, catch or gather with a dredge.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Administration | 1: To clean, deepen, or widen with a mechanical scoop. See Dredging. (references) | 2: To dig under water. A machine that digs under water. (references) | |
| Bible | Dredge (Job 24:6). See CORN. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. | ||
| Environment | To remove sediments from the stream bed to deepen or widen the channel. (references) | ||
| Food & Agriculture | An apparatus usually in the form of an oblong iron frame with an attached bag net. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Geology | To remove material from the bed of a body of water in order to increase its water carrying capacity or to allow for the passage of boats. (references) | ||
| Mining | A. Large floating machine used in underwater excavation for developing and maintaining water depths in canals, rivers, and harbors; raising the level of lowland areas and improving drainage; constructing dams and dikes; removing overburden from submerged orebodies prior to open pit mining; or recovering subaqueous deposits having commercial value. Cf: grab sampler b. See: dradge c. Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water.d. A type of bag net used for investigating the fauna of the sea bottom e. In dry process enameling: (1) the application of dry, powdered frit to hot ware by sifting; and (2) the sieve used to apply powdered porcelain enamel frit to the ware. Also called dredging f. Any of various machines equipped with scooping or suction devices used in deepening harbors and waterways and in underwater mining. (references) | ||
| Transportation | A vessel or floating structure equipped with excavating machinery employed in deepening channels and harbors, and removing submarine obstructions. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Wikipedic | Dredging is miscellaneous excavator-type work underwater, usually in shallow sea or fresh water. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: (a) A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds. (b) A dredging machine. (c) An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea. (references) | 2: [Noun] Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water. (references) | 3: [Verb] to bring something to the surface with a dredge. (references) | 4: [Verb] to make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge. (references) | 5: [Verb] to unearth. (references) |
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Common Expressions: dredge
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Bradley Dredge | Bradley Dredge (born in Tredegar, 6 July 1973) is a Welsh golfer. He turned professional in 1996 and became a member of the European Tour in 1998. He has won once on the European Tour, at the 2003 Madeira Open, and also has two wins on the second tier Challenge Tour. His best finish on the Order of Merit through 2004 was 18th in 2002. (references) | ||
| Dredge up | Mention something unpleasant from the past. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Oyster dredge | A rake or small dragnet of bringing up oyster from the bottom of the sea. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: DREDGED
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Dredged cut | Energy | 1) One pass made by a dredge in a channel within the confines of the riverbed for the purpose of maintaining the proper depth of water; 2) a dredged channel. (references) | |
| Dredged material | Geology | Material that is excavated or dredged from waters of the U.S. (references) | |
| Dredged shipping lane | Energy | Lane that has been dug out to provide an adequate depth of water for navigation. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: dredge | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge | 40 | Bradley Dredge | 9 | |
| Bradley Dredge | 9 | Chatanika gold dredge (Fairbanks) | 4 | |
| Fraser River Pile & Dredge Ltd. v. Can-Dive Services Ltd. | 9 | Dredge (alternative meanings) | 3 | |
| Gold dredge | 7 | F. E. Company Dredge No. 4 | 3 | |
| Chatanika gold dredge (Fairbanks) | 4 | Fraser River Pile & Dredge Ltd. v. Can-Dive Services Ltd. | 9 | |
| R. v. Canadian Dredge & Dock Co. | 4 | Gold dredge | 7 | |
| Dredge (alternative meanings) | 3 | Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company | 3 | |
| F. E. Company Dredge No. 4 | 3 | R. v. Canadian Dredge & Dock Co. | 4 | |
| Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company | 3 | Suction dredge | 2 | |
| Suction dredge | 2 | Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge | 40 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
