1. A power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed
   "The dredge worked tirelessly to deepen the harbour"

1. Remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water
   "They dredged the river to deepen the channel"
    
2. Search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
   "The team dredged the lake for evidence";
   - drag
    
3. (cooking) cover before cooking
   "dredge the chicken in flour before frying it"

Derived forms: dredging, dredges, dredged

Type of: coat, digger, excavator, look for, power shovel, remove, search, seek, shovel, surface, take, take away, withdraw

Part of: dredger

Encyclopedia: Dredge, James