Pronunciation

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Plain form
dredge

Third-person singular
dredges

Past tense
dredged

Past participle
dredged

Present participle
dredging

  1. (transitive & intransitive) If you dredge a river, canal, harbour, etc., you remove sand and mud from the bottom.
  2. (transitive & intransitive) If you dredge up an unpleasant topic, you bring it up after a long time.
    "Do you remember that time you crashed the car?" "You're not going to dredge that up again, are you?"
  3. (transitive & intransitive) If you dredge up some information that has been hidden, you find it through hard work.
  4. (transitive) (cooking) If you dredge food, you sprinkle it with spices or seasonings using a dredge.

Singular
dredge

Plural
dredges

  1. (countable) A dredge is an instrument that is used to gather objects from a water body.
  2. (countable) (cooking) A dredge is a large shaker for sprinkling spices or seasonings during food preparation.