Earthen material that is dug from a channel or removed from the bottom of a water body, often to improve drainage
a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost cover before cooking; "dredge the chicken in flour before frying it
To prepare food for sautéing or searing by lightly coating with cornmeal, flour or dry crumbs
1 (noun) The machine used to remove, by suction or scooping, sediment from the bottom of a water body 2 (verb) To remove sediment from the bottom of a water body
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
To excavate, create, or alter a water body Dredging destroys habitats and causes silting that can harm aquatic life Further environmental damage can occur if the dredging stirs up heavy metals or other hazardous substances in bottom sediments
To lightly coat food that is going to be fried with flour, breadcrumbs, or cornmeal The coating helps to brown the food and provides a crunchy surface Dredged foods need to be cooked immediately Breaded foods (those dredged in flour, dipped in egg then dredged again in breading) can be prepared and held before cooking
a fishing method that utilizes a bag dragged behind a vessel that scrapes the ocean bottom, usually to catch shellfish Dredges are often equiped with metal spikes in order to dig up the catch
(c) An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea
To coat food with a dry mixture (usually seasoned flour or crumbs), either by sprinkling, rolling, or shaking the food in a bag with the flour or other ingredients
To cover or coat uncooked food, usually with a flour or cornmeal mixture or bread crumbs
When people dredge a harbour, river, or other area of water, they remove mud and unwanted material from the bottom with a special machine in order to make it deeper or to look for something. Police have spent weeks dredging the lake but have not found his body. To coat (food) by sprinkling with a powder, such as flour or sugar
A shallow-draft barge used in one highly efficient method of placer mining; crawling over a water-soaked and presumably rich landscape, it washed a steady stream of gravel, depositing the waste behind it in windrows
Manage to remember something, or to feel or express an emotion, with difficulty. "Robertson tried to dredge up an image of her in his mind.", "From somewhere she dredged up a brilliant smile."
Start talking again about something that happened a long time ago, especially something unpleasant. "Newsweek magazine dredged up some remarks which he made last year."
If someone dredges up a piece of information they learned a long time ago, or if they dredge up a distant memory, they manage to remember it. an American trying to dredge up some French or German learned in high school
If someone dredges up a damaging or upsetting fact about your past, they remind you of it or tell other people about it. I wouldn't want to dredge up the past It's the media who keep dredging it up
A dredger is a boat which is fitted with a special machine that is used to increase the size of harbours, rivers, and canals. dredge a machine or ship used for digging or removing mud and sand from the bottom of a river, lake etc
The removal of materials including, but not limited to, rocks, bottom sediments, debris, sand, refuse, and plant or animal matter in any excavating, cleaning, deepening, widening or lengthening, either permanently or temporarily, of any tidelands, rivers, streams, ponds or other waters of the Commonwealth, as defined in 310 CMR 9: 04
Type of surface mining where chain buckets and draglines are used to extract sand, gravel, and other surface deposits covered with water This technique is also used to remove sediment from streams and harbors to maintain shipping channels
(SMP) Excavation or displacement of the bottom or SHORELINE of a water body Dredging can be accomplished with mechanical or hydraulic machines Most is done to maintain channel DEPTHS or berths for navigational purposes; other dredging is for shellfish harvesting or for cleanup of polluted sediments