DREDGE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DREDGE?

Need another word that means the same as “dredge”? Find 22 synonyms and 30 related words for “dredge” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Dredge” are: drag, detect, discover, come across, stumble across, stumble on, chance on, hit on, encounter, find, find out, turn up, unearth, dig up, dredge up, root out, hunt out, nose out, ferret out, grub out, disinter, extricate

Dredge as a Verb

Definitions of "Dredge" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dredge” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Bring something unwelcome and forgotten or obscure to people's attention.
• Bring up or clear (something) from a river, harbour, or other area of water with a dredge.
• Clear the bed of (a harbour, river, or other area of water) by scooping out mud, weeds, and rubbish with a dredge.
• Remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water.
• Search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost.
• Cover before cooking.

Synonyms of "Dredge" as a verb (22 Words)

chance on	Be the case by chance.
come across	Reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress.
detect	Discern (something intangible or barely perceptible. The public can help the police to detect crime.
dig up	Get the meaning of something.
discover	Discover or determine the existence presence or fact of. With what agility did these military men discover their skill in feats of war.
disinter	Dig up (something that has been buried, especially a corpse. He has disinterred an important collection of writings.
drag	(of an anchor) fail to hold, causing a ship or boat to drift. My girlfriend is dragging me off to Rhodes for a week.
dredge up	Cover before cooking.
encounter	Unexpectedly be faced with or experience (something hostile or difficult. What do we know about the people we encounter in our daily lives.
extricate	Free (someone or something) from a constraint or difficulty. I cannot extricate myself from this task.
ferret out	Hunt with ferrets.
find	Come upon after searching find the location of something that was missed or lost. Find the product of two numbers.
find out	Make a discovery.
grub out	Reveal (something) about somebody’s identity or lifestyle.
hit on	Make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target.
hunt out	Pursue or chase relentlessly.
nose out	Defeat by a narrow margin.
root out	Plant by the roots.
stumble across	Encounter by chance.
stumble on	Miss a step and fall or nearly fall.
turn up	Go sour or spoil.
unearth	Find (something) in the ground by digging. The CIA unearthed a plot to kill the President.

Usage Examples of "Dredge" as a verb

• The dredging and deepening of the canal.
• Mud was dredged out of the harbour.
• I don't understand why you had to dredge up this story.
• Dredge the chicken in flour before frying it.
• The lower stretch of the river had been dredged.
• They start to dredge for oysters in November.

Associations of "Dredge" (30 Words)

anchorage	The condition of being secured to a base. The mother provides emotional anchorage for the entire family.
astern	(of a ship or an airplane) behind. The captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about.
attract	Be attractive to. I did not want to attract attention.
barge	Convey freight by barge. She barged into the meeting room.
bring	Go or come after and bring or take back. Can I bring my cousin to the dinner.
bullock	Work long and hard. People have dropped dead bullocking their guts out.
cart	Convey or put in a cart or similar vehicle. From the product page select the size and quantity you d like and click Buy to add it to your cart.
collier	A coal miner.
drag	The act of dragging pulling with force. He took a long drag on his cigarette.
drone	A musical instrument or part of one sounding a continuous note of low pitch in particular also drone pipe a pipe in a bagpipe or also drone string a string in an instrument such as a hurdy gurdy or a sitar. He reached for another beer while Jim droned on.
elicit	Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning. A corrupt heart elicits in an hour all that is bad in us.
embroil	Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action. What merit do you claim for having embroiled everything in which you are concerned.
gravitational	Relating to movement towards a centre of gravity. The gravitational field of the comet is very weak.
haul	The act of drawing or hauling something. Haul vegetables to the market.
inviting	Attractive and tempting. The sea down there looks so inviting.
lifeboat	A specially constructed boat launched from land to rescue people in distress at sea.
lug	Carry with difficulty. A truck piled high with wooden lugs of grapes.
ox	Used in names of wild animals related to or resembling a domesticated ox e g musk ox. Laden wagons pulled by lowing oxen travel down to the coast.
pull	Cause to move by pulling. The magazine pulled its trick of producing the right issue at the right time.
rend	Tear (something) into pieces. You tell me this in order to make me able to betray you without rending my heart.
spoil	The act of spoiling something by causing damage to it. Her spoiling my dress was deliberate.
straighten	Straighten up or out make straight. She helped him straighten his tie.
tow	A rope or line used to tow a vehicle or boat. The cruiser got a tow from a warship after its engine failed.
trail	A trailer for a film or broadcast. The defending champions were trailing 10 5 at half time.
tug	Tow a vessel with a tug. An overwhelming tug of attraction.
tumbrel	A farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution.
tweak	A fine adjustment to a mechanism or system. An affectionate tweak.
underline	Give extra weight to (a communication. The improvement in retail sales was underlined by these figures.
unplug	Pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable. She unplugged the fridge.
wrest	Distort the meaning or interpretation of (something) to suit one’s own interests or views. Leila tried to wrest her arm from his hold.