dredge (verb)
11dredge up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If someone dredges up a piece of information they learned a long time ago, or if they dredge up a distant memory, they manage to remember it. [V P n (not pron)] ...an American trying to dredge up some French or German learned in… …
12dredge — UK [dredʒ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms dredge : present tense I/you/we/they dredge he/she/it dredges present participle dredging past tense dredged past participle dredged 1) a) to remove dirt and sand from the bottom of a river or lake b)… …
13dredge — 1. noun a) Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: b) A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds. 2. verb a) to make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge b) to bring something to the surface with a dredge See Also …
14dredge — [[t]dre̱ʤ[/t]] dredges, dredging, dredged VERB When people dredge a harbour, river, or other area of water, they remove mud and unwanted material from the bottom with a special machine in order to make it deeper or to look for something. [V n]… …
15dredge up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms dredge up : present tense I/you/we/they dredge up he/she/it dredges up present participle dredging up past tense dredged up past participle dredged up 1) to tell people about something that someone did in the… …
16dredge — [dredʒ] verb [T] to remove dirt from the bottom of a river or lake, often in order to look for something • dredge sth up …
17ˌdredge sth ˈup — phrasal verb to tell people a secret from someone s past that they do not want other people to know about …
18dredger — dredge ► VERB 1) clean out the bed of (a harbour, river, etc.) with a dredge. 2) bring up or remove with a dredge. 3) (dredge up) bring (something unwelcome and forgotten) to people s attention. ► NOUN ▪ an apparatus for bringing up objects or… …
19take away — verb 1. remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state (Freq. 5) Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands The car carried us off to the meeting I ll take you away… …
20bring up — verb 1. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic (Freq. 3) raise the specter of unemployment he conjured wild birds in the air call down the spirits from the mountain • Syn: ↑raise, ↑conjure, ↑ …
