📖 Definitions of "Dredging"
verb
- 1
To make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge.
- 2
To bring something to the surface with a dredge.
- 3
(Usually with up) to unearth.
"to dredge up someone's unsavoury past"
verb
- 1
To sprinkle (food) with spices or seasonings, using a dredge.
"Dredge the meat with the flour mixture you prepared earlier."
noun
- 1
That which is dredged up.
- 2
The act of using a dredger or excavator to dredge a harbour, river, channel or watercourse.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Dredging"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| dragverb | (physics, uncountable) Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it. |
| diggingnoun | The action performed by a person or thing that digs. |
| tunnellingnoun | Alternative form of tunneling. [The act of burrowing a tunnel.] |
| digverb | (transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way. |
| drainnoun | (chiefly US, Canada) A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK) |
| excavationnoun | (uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass. |
| exhumationnoun | The act of digging up that which has been buried. |
| alluvialnoun | Pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream. |
| chasingnoun | Engraved or embossed decoration. |
| sweepingnoun | (uncountable) The activity of sweeping. |
| draggingnoun | That drags. |
| loadingnoun | (countable, uncountable) The process by which something is loaded. |
| tappingnoun | An act of making a light hit or strike against something. |
| datingnoun | A form of romantic courtship typically between two individuals with the aim of assessing the other's suitability as a partner in an intimate relationship or as a spouse. |
| materialnoun | Of, relating to, or consisting of matter, especially physical. |
| flirtingnoun | A flirtation. |
| sitenoun | (Internet) A website. |
| excavatingverb | (transitive) To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out. |
| dredgeboatnoun | (nautical) A boat used in dredging |
| ditchdiggingnoun | The digging of ditches. |
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