Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dredge

1 sense of dredge

Sense 1
dredge -- (a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed)
       => power shovel, excavator, digger, shovel -- (a machine for excavating)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb dredge

3 senses of dredge

Sense 1
dredge -- (cover before cooking; "dredge the chicken in flour before frying it")
       => coat, surface -- (put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate")

Sense 2
dredge, drag -- (search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost)
       => search, seek, look for -- (try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county")

Sense 3
dredge -- (remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water)
       => remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment")