dredges Synonyms
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- scours
- locates
- hunts-through-
- explores
- investigates
- ransacks
- rummages
- trolls
- examines
- digs-through-
- surveys
- rifles
- sorts-through-
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dredges Meaning
dredges
to search deeply, an apparatus usually in the form of an oblong iron frame with an attached bag net used especially for gathering fish and shellfish, to bring to light by deep searching, an iron frame with an attached net used especially to catch fish or shellfish, to deepen (as a waterway) with a dredge, to coat by sprinkling (as with flour), a machine for removing earth usually by buckets on an endless chain or a suction tube, to dig, gather, or pull out with or as if with a dredge (see dredge entry 2), a barge used in dredging, to coat (food) by sprinkling (as with flour), a machine for removing earth usually by buckets on a continuous chain or by a suction tube, to dig, gather, or pull out with or as if with a dredge, to use a dredge, to deepen (a waterway) with a machine that removes earth usually by buckets on an endless chain or a suction tube
FAQs About the word dredges
to search deeply, an apparatus usually in the form of an oblong iron frame with an attached bag net used especially for gathering fish and shellfish, to bring t
combs, scans,searches, finds, rakes, scours, locates, hunts (through), explores, investigates
loses,hides,ignores, neglects,abandons
The dredge hauled up oysters from the murky depths of the bay.
The mining company used a dredge to extract diamonds from the riverbed.
The divers dredged the harbor floor for sunken treasure.
The archaeologists dredged the excavation site for ancient artifacts.
