nnoun.artifacta power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbedDerivationally Related Form:dredge
Part Holonyms:dredger
Hypernyms:digger excavator power shovel shovel
Inherited Hypernyms:dredgepower shovelmachinedeviceinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Part Meronyms:dredging bucket scoop scoop shovel
vverb.contactcover before cookingTopic:cookerycookingpreparation
Examples:- dredge the chicken in flour before frying it
Hypernyms:coat surface
Inherited Hypernyms:dredgecoatcover
Direct Hyponyms:flour
Full Troponyms:flour
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something PP
vverb.contactsearch (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lostSynset:drag
Derivationally Related Form:dredge
Hypernyms:look for search seek
Inherited Hypernyms:dredgesearch
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | The men --- for animals in the area (apply to: dredge, drag) | The men --- the area for animals (apply to: dredge, drag)
vverb.contactremove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of waterDerivationally Related Form:dredgedredger
Hypernyms:remove take take away withdraw
Inherited Hypernyms:dredgeremove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something PP