Usually means: Remove sediment from underwater areas.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. dredge: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. dredge, dredge: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dredge, dredge: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dredge: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dredge: Vocabulary.com
  6. Dredge, dredge: Wordnik
  7. dredge: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. dredge: Wiktionary
  9. dredge: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. dredge: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. dredge: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Dredge, dredge: Dictionary.com
  13. dredge (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. dredge: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Dredge (disambiguation), Dredge: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Dredge: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. dredge: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. dredge: Rhymezone
  19. Dredge: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. dredge: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. dredge: Free Dictionary
  22. dredge: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. dredge: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dredge: Linda's Culinary Dictionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dredge: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dredge: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Dredge: Easton Bible

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. dredge: NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  3. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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noun:  Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as:
noun:  A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds.
noun:  A dredging machine.
noun:  An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.
noun:  The act of dredging.
noun:  Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water.
verb:  To make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge.
verb:  To bring something to the surface with a dredge.
verb:  (transitive, usually with "up") To unearth.
noun:  (cooking, countable) A large shaker for sprinkling spices or seasonings during food preparation.
noun:  (uncountable) A mixture of oats and barley.
verb:  (cooking, transitive) To sprinkle (food) with spices or seasonings, using a dredge.
noun:  A surname.

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