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Noun dredge has 1 sense
  1. dredge - a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed
    --1 is a kind of     power shovel, excavator, digger, shovel
    --1 is a part of dredger
    --1 has parts: dredging bucket; scoop, scoop shovel
    Derived forms: verb dredge2, verb dredge3
,Verb dredge has 3 senses
  1. dredge - cover before cooking; "dredge the chicken in flour before frying it"
    --1 is one way to     coat, surface
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something PP
  2. dredge, drag - search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
    --2 is one way to search, seek, look for
    Derived form: noun dredge1
    Sample sentences:
    The men dredge the area for animals
    The men dredge for animals in the area
  3. dredge - remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water
    --3 is one way to     remove, take, take away, withdraw
    Derived forms: noun dredge1, noun dredger1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something PP
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