1. to remove mud, sand, or other material from the bottom of a river, harbor, or other body of water
2. to coat food lightly with flour, sugar, or another powdered substance
Usage: cooking
3. to bring up or uncover something, especially something unpleasant from the past
Usage: often used with ‘up’

1. a machine or ship used for removing material from the bottom of a body of water

Examples

• The city will dredge the harbor to allow larger ships to enter.
• Workers used a massive dredge to clear the shipping channel.
• Dredge the fish fillets in flour before frying them.
• She dredged the cake with powdered sugar.
• The scandal dredged up memories of the previous administration’s problems.
• Don’t dredge up old arguments from the past.
• The dredge worked around the clock to deepen the port.