dredge
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See also: Dredge
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /dɹɛd͡ʒ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɛdʒ
Etymology 1
[edit]From Scots dreg-boat, dreg-bot (from Old English *dreċġ); or alternatively from Middle Dutch dregghe (“drag-net”), probably ultimately from the same root as drag.
Noun
[edit]dredge (plural dredges)
- Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as:
- The act of dredging.
- 2021, Suanne Laqueur, Here to Stay:
- A dredge of the river is not possible at this time due to the strong currents and dangerous riptides which plague the St. Lawrence after the ice melts.
- Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water.[1]
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]dragnet — see dragnet
dredging machine
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Verb
[edit]dredge (third-person singular simple present dredges, present participle dredging, simple past and past participle dredged)
- To make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge.
- To bring something to the surface with a dredge.
- (transitive, usually with "up") To unearth.
- to dredge up someone's unsavoury past
- 2017 May 13, Barney Ronay, “Antonio Conte’s brilliance has turned Chelsea’s pop-up team into champions”, in the Guardian[1]:
- Friday night’s crowning victory at The Hawthorns was the 25th in 30 league matches since Antonio Conte’s decisive re-gearing of his team in September, the tactical switches that have coaxed such a thrilling run from this team of bolt-ons and upcycled squad players, most notably Victor Moses, who was dredged out of the laundry bin in the autumn to become a key part of the title surge.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to make a channel deeper
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to bring something to the surface with a dredge
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to unearth
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Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle English dragge, from Old French dragee, dragie, from Latin tragēmata, from Ancient Greek τραγήματα (tragḗmata, “spices”), plural of τράγημα (trágēma, “dried fruit”).
Noun
[edit]dredge (countable and uncountable, plural dredges)
- (cooking, countable) A large shaker for sprinkling spices or seasonings during food preparation.
- (uncountable) A mixture of oats and barley.
- Synonym: bullimong
- 1991, Edward Miller, Joan Thirsk, The Agrarian History of England and Wales: Volume 3, 1348-1500:
- It is true that on the boulder clay of south Cambridgeshire they grew dredge, a mixture of oats and barley
Verb
[edit]dredge (third-person singular simple present dredges, present participle dredging, simple past and past participle dredged)
- (cooking, transitive) To sprinkle (food) with spices or seasonings, using a dredge.
- Dredge the meat with the flour mixture you prepared earlier.
Translations
[edit]to coat moistened food with powder
References
[edit]- ^ Rossiter W[orthington] Raymond (1881) “Dredge”, in A Glossary of Mining and Metallurgical Terms. […], Easton, Pa.: [American] Institute [of Mining Engineers], […], →OCLC.
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