dredge
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