dredge

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed

Definition categories: man–made, digger, excavator, shovel

verb

1. cover before cooking

- dredge the chicken in flour before frying it

Definition categories: contact, coat, surface

2. search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost

Similar word(s): drag

Definition categories: contact, search, seek

3. remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water

Definition categories: contact, remove, take, withdraw