Dredge
WordNet
noun
(1) A power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed
verb
(2) Remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water
(3) Search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
(4) Cover before cooking
"Dredge the chicken in flour before frying it"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as:
- A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds.
- A dredging machine.
- An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.
- Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water.
Verb
- to make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge
- to bring something to the surface with a dredge
- (Usually with up) to unearth, such as an unsavoury past