dredge

Meanings

1. Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as:
2. A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds.
3. A dredging machine.
4. An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.
5. The act of dredging.
6. Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water.

1. To make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge.
2. To bring something to the surface with a dredge.
3. To unearth.

1. A large shaker for sprinkling spices or seasonings during food preparation.
2. A mixture of oats and barley.

1. To sprinkle (food) with spices or seasonings, using a dredge.

1. A surname.

Etymology

From Scots dreg-boat, dreg-bot (from Old English *dreċġ); or alternatively from Middle Dutch dregghe (“drag-net”), probably ultimately from the same root as drag.