dredges in English

noun
1
an apparatus for bringing up objects or mud from a river or seabed by scooping or dragging.
She could spend a morning describing how the Army Corps of Engineers, with massive dredges , keeps the rivers flowing along the paths shown on maps.
verb
1
clean out the bed of (a harbor, river, or other area of water) by scooping out mud, weeds, and rubbish with a dredge.
If more effort were put into ensuring rivers and watercourses were properly dredged and cleared of weed and vegetation, it may have helped to contain the water, he said.
2
sprinkle (food) with a powdered substance, typically flour or sugar.
dredge the bananas with sugar and cinnamon
verb

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1. She always dredges up that embarrassing story.

2. Is that fallopian tube dredges the skill cost a number?

3. From 1953 until 1959, dredges there produced $12.5 million ($107 million today) in niobium, tantalum, and uranium.

4. Air fry until crispy; How is a Blooming onion made? STEP ONE: Make the dredges and washes

5. The word “Anarchy” dredges up images of third-world countries, overrun by rival warlords battling for control

6. Ships eligible under the program could include commercial ships like passenger ships, bulk carriers, self unloaders, cargos, tankers, tugs, push tugs, barges, dredges, research ships, pollution abatement ships, oil and gas drilling rigs, and floating drydocks