a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed
dredge
How to use dredge in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for dredge.
Editorial note
Hey, nice of you to dredge that up.
Quick take
a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of dredge gathered in one view.
cover before cooking; "dredge the chicken in flour before frying it"
search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for dredge.
noun
a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed
verb
cover before cooking; "dredge the chicken in flour before frying it"
verb
search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
See also: drag
verb
remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water
Example sentences
Hey, nice of you to dredge that up.
Then it's our beach because the state has to dredge sand to backfill the hightide mark.
Someone with a grievance with one of the founders will take this opportunity to dredge up old arguments.
I trust Apple mail's search feature to find emails when I need to dredge them up. I don't find it's distracting, because I've trained myself to only pay attention to the blue dot.
Even if there is no smoking gun, they could probably dredge up something embarassing and make it public.
It was neat to catch up with childhood friends and old Army buddies however, there are other ways to keep in touch without feeding the data-dredge.
It would be interesting for someone to dredge of examples of targeted surveillance and arrest policy from the time of the founders; I bet there's good stuff.
When the first executive to say 'no' to the government has his entire life put under a microscope and ends up going to prison for something 'unrelated' that they managed to dredge up -- yeah, people are going to draw the obvious conclusions.
In between stints of working on dredge boats and doing auto-mechanic work, etc., my dad started business after business: building and selling crab traps, bought a dump trunk and did "hauling fill dirt," then "building docks and bulkheads" and then it was cutting down trees and hauling pulpwood to the mills, etc., etc.
Not sure how the focus on prestigious degrees squares with the seven figure acqui-hire of a seventeen year old that hasn't finished his high school qualifications yet...I'm willing to believe that people with prestigious qualifications not seeking work at more prestigious companies and startup wunderkinds are probably the worst talent pools for Yahoo to be trying to dredge, especially considering the wealth of smart developers who don't fit into those brackets are probably more likely to stick around.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use dredge in a sentence?
Hey, nice of you to dredge that up.
What does dredge mean?
a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed
What part of speech is dredge?
dredge is commonly used as noun, verb.