OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 14187

dredge

/dɹɛd͡ʒ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
draga
Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as:
The section includes also combination bucket and suction dredges, true suction dredgers, the Friihling dredge, the reclamation dredge, the longshoot dredge, the hopper barge, the s…
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📚 verb • entry_id 14188

dredge

/dɹɛd͡ʒ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
dragar
To make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge.
dragar
To bring something to the surface with a dredge.
Subject to flooding by the six small rivers coming together just west of the city, the main river below the city has long been shallow and subject to silting. The Communists have b…
dragar
To unearth.
Friday night’s crowning victory at The Hawthorns was the 25th in 30 league matches since Antonio Conte’s decisive re-gearing of his team in September, the tactical switches that ha…
to dredge up someone's unsavoury past