dredge

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I - noun

a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed
• Hypernyms:
power shovel, excavator, digger, shovel
• Part Holonyms:
dredger
• Part Meronyms:
dredging bucket, scoop, scoop shovel

II - verb

1. cover before cooking
- dredge the chicken in flour before frying it
• Topics:
cooking, cookery, preparation
• Hypernyms:
coat, surface
• Hyponyms:
flour
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
2. search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
• Syn:
drag
• Hypernyms:
search, seek, look for
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- The men dredge the area for animals
- The men dredge for animals in the area
3. remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water
• Derivationally related forms:
dredger
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP