Origin of dredge

1
1425–75; late Middle English (Scots) dreg-, Old English *drecg(e); see dray, draw

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

Words related to dredge

widen, clean, unearth, raise

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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