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1. A power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed

1. Cover before cooking
   "dredge the chicken in flour before frying it"
    
2. Search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
   - drag
    
3. Remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water

Derived forms: dredged, dredging, dredges

See also: dredger

Type of: coat, digger, excavator, look for, power shovel, remove, search, seek, shovel, surface, take, take away, withdraw

Part of: dredger

Encyclopedia: Dredge