mud dredge
1dredge — dredge1 [drej] n. [prob. < MDu dregge, akin to DRAG] 1. a device consisting of a net attached to a frame, dragged along the bottom of a river, bay, etc. to gather shellfish, marine plant specimens, etc. 2. an apparatus for scooping or sucking… …
2dredge — [dredʒ] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from Old English dragan to pull ] 1.) [I and T] to remove mud or sand from the bottom of a river, ↑harbour etc, or to search for something by doing this ▪ They were dredging for oysters. 2.) [T + with]… …
3dredge — ► 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 mud from… …
4Dredge — (dr[e^]j), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dredged} (dr[e^]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dredging}.] To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine. R. Carew. [1913 Webster] {Dredging machine}, a machine (commonly on a boat) used to scoop up… …
5dredge — dredge1 /drej/, n., v., dredged, dredging. n. 1. Also called dredging machine. any of various powerful machines for dredging up or removing earth, as from the bottom of a river, by means of a scoop, a series of buckets, a suction pipe, or the… …
6dredge — 1. v. & n. v. 1 tr. a (often foll. by up) bring up (lost or hidden material) as if with a dredge (don t dredge all that up again). b (often foll. by away, up, out) bring up or clear (mud etc.) from a river, harbour, etc. with a dredge. 2 tr.… …
7dredge — I. /drɛdʒ / (say drej) noun 1. a. a dragnet or other contrivance for gathering material or objects from the bed of a river, etc. b. such a dragnet used for harvesting shellfish from the seabed. 2. any of various powerful machines for dredging up… …
8dredge — dredge1 verb 1》 clean out the bed of (a harbour, river, etc.) with a dredge. ↘bring up or remove with a dredge. 2》 (dredge something up) bring something unwelcome and forgotten to people s attention. noun an apparatus for bringing up objects… …
9dredge — English has two distinct words dredge, neither with a particularly well documented past. Dredge ‘clear mud, silt, etc from waterway’ [16] may be related in some way to the 15thcentury Scottish term dreg boat, and similarities have been pointed… …
10dredge — English has two distinct words dredge, neither with a particularly well documented past. Dredge ‘clear mud, silt, etc from waterway’ [16] may be related in some way to the 15thcentury Scottish term dreg boat, and similarities have been pointed… …
