dredge
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- //dɹɛd͡ʒ//
Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds.
Substantiv
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Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds.
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Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: A dredging machine.
The section includes also combination bucket and suction dredges, true suction dredgers, the Friihling dredge, the reclamation dredge, the longshoot dredge, the hopper barge, the self-propelling hopper, and the rock cutter.
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Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.
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The act of dredging.
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.
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Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water.
Herkunft
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.
Verb
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To make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge.
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To bring something to the surface with a dredge.
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To unearth.
to dredge up someone's unsavoury past
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.
Substantiv
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A large shaker for sprinkling spices or seasonings during food preparation.
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A mixture of oats and barley.
It is true that on the boulder clay of south Cambridgeshire they grew dredge, a mixture of oats and barley
Herkunft
From Middle English dragge, from Old French dragee, dragie, from Latin tragēmata, from Ancient Greek τραγήματα (tragḗmata, “spices”), plural of τράγημα (trágēma, “dried fruit”).
Verb
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To sprinkle (food) with spices or seasonings, using a dredge.
Dredge the meat with the flour mixture you prepared earlier.
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- Plural
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- Präteritum
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- Partizip II
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- Partizip I
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- 3. Person Singular
- dredges
dredge · Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds.
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