dredge

dredge is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: (a) A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds. (b) A dredging machine. (c) An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: (a) A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds. (b) A dredging machine. (c) An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.
2. noun. Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water.
3. transitive verb. To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine.
4. noun. A mixture of oats and barley.
5. transitive verb. To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat.
6. noun. a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed
7. verb. remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water
8. verb. search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost

   Synonyms: drag

9. verb. cover before cooking

   "dredge the chicken in flour before frying it"

Synonyms

drag

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in dredge:

gedder

Common word forms

dredged, dredger, dredges, dredging, dredgeful

Words from these letters

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