Words nearby dredge
drear,
dreary,
dreck,
drecksill,
dred scott decision,
dredge,
dredge up,
dredger,
dredging machine,
dree,
dreg
Definition for dredge (2 of 2)
dredge
2
[ drej ]
/ drɛdʒ /
verb (used with object), dredged, dredg·ing. Cookery.
to sprinkle or coat with some powdered substance, especially flour.
Origin of dredge
2
1590–1600; v. use of
dredge (now obsolete or dial.) mixture of grains, late Middle English
dragge, dregge, apparently to be identified with Middle English
drag(g)e, dragie (disyllabic) sweetmeat, confection < Anglo-French
drag(g)é, dragee, Old French (see
dragée); compare similar dual sense of Medieval Latin
dragētum, dragium
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British Dictionary definitions for dredge (1 of 2)
dredge
1
/ (drɛdʒ) /
noun
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
another name for dredger 1 (def. 1)
verb
to remove (material) from a riverbed, channel, etc, by means of a dredge
(tr)
to search for (a submerged object) with or as if with a dredge; drag
Word Origin for dredge
C16: perhaps ultimately from Old English
dragan to
draw; see
drag
British Dictionary definitions for dredge (2 of 2)
dredge
2
/ (drɛdʒ) /
verb
to sprinkle or coat (food) with flour, sugar, etc
Word Origin for dredge
C16: from Old French
dragie, perhaps from Latin
tragēmata spices, from Greek