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dredges
verb(dredge)
to dig, gather, or pull out with or as if with a dredge —often used with up
dredges
verb(dredge)
to deepen (a waterway) with a machine that removes earth usually by buckets on an endless chain or a suction tube : to deepen with a dredge
dredges
verb(dredge)
to bring to light by deep searching —often used with up
dredges
noun(dredge)
an apparatus usually in the form of an oblong iron frame with an attached bag net used especially for gathering fish and shellfish
dredges
noun(dredge)
a machine for removing earth usually by buckets on an endless chain or a suction tube
dredges
noun(dredge)
a barge used in dredging
dredges
verb(dredge)
to coat by sprinkling (as with flour)
dredges
phrasal verb(dredge)
to start talking or thinking again about (something unpleasant that happened a long time ago)

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