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
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
Sometimes what’s left behind are the dredges of history and time, which Mason resurrects onstage.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025
The episode ends with a spooky sequence in one of the abandoned dredges, where Danvers and Navarro follow up on a photo suggesting that Clark has been moving around in the area.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2024
He concentrated on the fair’s central lagoon, which his dredges soon would begin carving from the Jackson Park shore.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
