dredge (verb)

  • 41bail — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. security, bond, pledge; guarantee, surety. bail out II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bond, security, surety, recognizance, pledge, pawn, hostage, warrant, guaranty, collateral. v. 1. [To dip] Syn. scoop, spoon …

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  • 42dip — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. plunge, dive; declivity, slope; hollow, depression; swim. v. t. immerse, plunge; scoop; sink. See obliquity, water, concavity. Ant., rise, incline, emerge. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The action of… …

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  • 43fish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I v. angle; pull out, dredge; solicit; search. See pursuit, desire, fish, food. II Aquatic vertebrate animal Nouns 1. fish, denizen of the deep, Pisces; anadromous, freshwater or saltwater fish, tropical …

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  • 44heap — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pile, load, stack, mound, assemblage;informal, great deal, heaps (inf.), oodles (inf.), piles (inf.), scads (sl.). See multitude. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. pile, accumulation, mass, agglomeration, stack …

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  • 45remember — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. recollect (see memory); observe, acknowledge. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To recall] Syn. recollect, recognize, summon up, relive, think of, bring to mind, refresh one s memory, be reminded of, revive,… …

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  • 46shovel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. spade, digger; scoop[er], excavator, trowel, scuttle. v. dig, excavate, unearth; ladle, dip. See concavity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. spade, scoop, trowel, snow shovel. Shovels include: coal, snow, fire …

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  • 47unearth — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. exhume, disinter; expose, disclose, discover, uncover; eradicate, uproot, dig up. See extraction, interment, disclosure. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To bring to light] Syn. discover, find, uncover; see… …

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  • 48clean — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not soiled] Syn. spotless, washed, stainless, laundered, immaculate, unsoiled, untarnished, speckless, unstained, neat, tidy, clear, blank, white, dirtless, unblemished, unspotted, newly cleaned, cleaned, fresh, unused,… …

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  • 49excavate — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. dig, hollow out, shovel, unearth; see dig 1 , 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. dig out, hollow out, unearth, burrow, dredge, scoop, tunnel, backhoe, channel, hoe, shovel out. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To break …

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  • 50scallop — [ skɒləp, skaləp] noun 1》 an edible bivalve mollusc with a ribbed fan shaped shell, which swims by rapidly opening and closing the shell valves. [Chlamys, Pecten, and other genera.]     ↘a scallop shell or similarly shaped dish used for baking or …

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