dredge 1 (dr j)n. 1. Any of various machines equipped with scooping or suction devices and used to deepen harbors and waterways and in underwater mining. 2. Nautical A boat or barge equipped with a dredge. 3. An implement consisting of a net on a frame, used for gathering shellfish. v. dredged, dredg·ing, dredg·es v.tr. 1. To clean, deepen, or widen with a dredge. 2. To bring up with a dredge: dredged up the silt. 3. To come up with; unearth: dredged up bitter memories. v.intr. To use a dredge: dredging for alluvial gold. [Middle English dreg- (in dreg-boat, boat for dredging); akin to Old English dragan, to draw.] |
| dredge 2 (drj) tr.v. dredged, dredg·ing, dredg·es To coat (food) by sprinkling with a powder, such as flour or sugar. [From obsolete dredge, a sweetmeat, from Middle English dragge, from Old French dragie, alteration of Latin trag  mata, confectionary, from Greek, pl. of tragma, sweetmeat; see ter -1 in Indo-European roots.] |
dredge1
n
1. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) Also called dredger a machine, in the form of a bucket ladder, grab, or suction device, used to remove material from a riverbed, channel, etc.
2. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) another name for dredger1 [1]
vb
1. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) to remove (material) from a riverbed, channel, etc., by means of a dredge
2. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) (tr) to search for (a submerged object) with or as if with a dredge; drag
[perhaps ultimately from Old English dragan to draw; see drag]
dredge2
vb
(Cookery) to sprinkle or coat (food) with flour, sugar, etc.
[from Old French dragie, perhaps from Latin tragēmata spices, from Greek]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  dredge - a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbeddredger - a barge (or a vessel resembling a barge) that is used for dredging dredging bucket - a bucket for lifting material from a channel or riverbed scoop shovel, scoop - the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe |
| Verb | 1. | dredge - cover before cooking; "dredge the chicken in flour before frying it" cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" flour - cover with flour; "flour fish or meat before frying it" |
| 2. | dredge - search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost | |
| 3. | dredge - remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water |
Translations
dredge1 [dredʒ]
dredge2 [dredʒ] N (Culin) → espolvoreador m
A. N (Mech) → draga f
B. VT [+ river, canal] → dragar
dredge up VT + ADV → sacar con draga (fig) [+ unpleasant facts] → sacar a la luz
dredge2 [dredʒ] N (Culin) → espolvoreador m
dredge [ˈdrɛdʒ] vt [+ harbour, river] → draguer
dredge up
vt sep (out of river) → draguer
(fig) [+ unpleasant facts] → (faire) ressortir
dredge1 [drɛdʒ] vt (river) → dragare
dredge1 [drɛdʒ] vt (river) → dragare
dredge2 [drɛdʒ] vt (Culin) to dredge with (sugar, flour) → spolverizzare di
dredge2 [drɛdʒ] vt (Culin) to dredge with (sugar, flour) → spolverizzare di
dredge up vt + adv → tirare alla superficie; (fig, unpleasant facts) → rivangare
dredge1 [drɛdʒ] vt (river) → dragare
dredge up vt + adv → tirare alla superficie; (fig, unpleasant facts) → rivangare
dredge2 [drɛdʒ] vt (Culin) to dredge with (sugar, flour) → spolverizzare di
dredge2 [drɛdʒ] vt (Culin) to dredge with (sugar, flour) → spolverizzare di
v dredge [dredʒ]
to deepen or clear the bed of (a river etc) by bringing up mud. bagger يُنَظِّفُ قاع النَّهْر чистя (vy)bagrovat uddybe; opmudre ausbaggern καθαρίζω το βυθό, κάνω κτ. πιο βαθύ dragar, rastrear süvendama لایروبی کردن ruopata draguer לְנָקוֹת אֶת הַקָרקָעִית नदी इत्यादि के तल से मिट्टी खींचना, खींच कर निकालना vaditi mulj, jaružati kikotor (folyómedret) mengeruk dÿpka; hreinsa dragare さらい上げる 준설하다 gilinti, valyti dugną bagarēt mengorek baggeren grave ut, renske/mudre opp bagrować dragar a draga драгировать bagrovať čistiti strugo izvući sa dna reke muddra ขุดลอก dibi taramak 疏通河道，挖掘 вичерпувати, поглиблювати землечерпалкою ندی کی گودی سے دلدل صاف کرنا nạo vét sông 疏通河道，挖掘
n dredger
a boat with apparatus for dredging. baggerboot قارِبٌ يَحْمِلُ جِهاز تَنْظيف قاع النَّهْر драга plovoucí rypadlo muddermaskine das Baggerschiff βυθοκόρος draga bager لاروب؛ لجن کش ruoppaaja dragueur סְפִינָת מַחפֵּר नदी इत्यादि के तल से मिट्टी खींच निकालने वाला यंत्र brod za jaružanje kotróhajó kapal keruk dÿpkunarprammi; botnhreinsunarvél draga しゅんせつ船 준설기 žemsemė bagars kapal korek baggermolen oppmudringsfartøy pogłębiarka dragador dragor драга bager (na hĺbenie alebo čistenie dna) plavajoči bager bager mudderverk เครื่องจักรขุดลอกแม่น้ำหรือลำคลอง tarama gemisi 挖泥船 землечерпалка دلدل صاف کرنے کی مشین لگی ناؤ thuyền nạo vét 挖泥船
dredge2
v dredge [dredʒ]
to sprinkle (food with sugar etc) pancakes dredged with sugar. besprinkel يَرُش السُّكَّر الناعِم على الكَعْكَه ръся posypat strø bestreut πασπαλίζω espolvorear üle puistama اندودن ripotella saupoudrer לִבזוֹק סוּכָּר छिड़कना posipati šećerom (be)hint (cukorral) menaburi strá spolverizzare 振りかける (~에 밀가루, 설탕 등을) 묻히다 apibarstyti apkaisīt (ar cukuru u.tml.) tabur bestrooien strø, drysse over posypywać polvilhar a presăra посыпать posypať posipati posipati šećerom beströ, strö (pudra) över โรย serpmek 把(糖等)撒在食物上 посіпати цукром کھانے میں چینی وغیرہ ڈالنا rắc lên 把（糖等）撒在食物上
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