A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds. / A dredging machine. / An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.

(cooking, transitive) To sprinkle (food) with spices or seasonings, using a dredge.

(cooking, countable) A large shaker for sprinkling spices or seasonings during food preparation. / (uncountable) A mixture of oats and barley.

To make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge. / To bring something to the surface with a dredge. / (Usually with up) to unearth.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dredge

plural of dredge

simple past tense and past participle of dredge

That which is dredged up. / (uncountable) The act of using a dredger or excavator to dredge a harbour, river, channel or watercourse.

present participle of dredge

plural of dredging