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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.
Words nearby dredge
dreamy state, drear, dreary, dreck, drecksill, dredge, dredger, dredge up, dredging machine, Dred Scott Decision, dree
Definition for dredge (2 of 2)
dredge2
[ drej ]
/ drɛdʒ /
verb (used with object), dredged, dredg·ing.Cooking.
to sprinkle or coat with some powdered substance, especially flour.
Origin of dredge
2First recorded in 1590–1600; verb use of dredge (now obsolete or dialectal) “mixture of grains,” from late Middle English drag(g)e, dreg(g)e, draget(e), apparently to be identified with Middle English drag(g)e, dragie “sweet sauce, confection; mixture of grains, mix or company of people,” from Anglo-French drag(g)é, dragee, from Old French dragie, dragé; possibly related to dragée
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British Dictionary definitions for dredge (1 of 2)
dredge1
/ (drɛdʒ) /
noun
Also called: dredger a machine, in the form of a bucket ladder, grab, or suction device, used to remove material from a riverbed, channel, etc
another name for dredger 1 (def. 1)
verb
to remove (material) from a riverbed, channel, etc, by means of a dredge
(tr) to search for (a submerged object) with or as if with a dredge; drag
Word Origin for dredge
C16: perhaps ultimately from Old English dragan to draw; see drag
British Dictionary definitions for dredge (2 of 2)
dredge2
/ (drɛdʒ) /
verb
to sprinkle or coat (food) with flour, sugar, etc
Word Origin for dredge
C16: from Old French dragie, perhaps from Latin tragēmata spices, from Greek
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