dredge
noun
any of various powerful machines for dredging up or removing earth, as from the bottom of a river, by means of a scoop, a series of buckets, a suction pipe, or the like.
dredges
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pluralof dredge.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Some of the scenes the author dredges up from his deep trawl through Stasi archives are bizarre.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Such was the lack of food, another crewmate told the court that they had resorted to eating fish and octopus and fish caught by the dredges to survive.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
But, as big moves so often do, the journey dredges up long-buried feelings of discontent and malaise between the couple.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2025
For decades, a little-known company now owned by a Goldman Sachs fund has been making millions of dollars from the unlikely dredges of American life: sewage sludge.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2024
The only reliable signs were the black plumes of smoke from the dredges and the ever-present scent of burning leaves from slash piles set aflame by workers.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
