| Front | dredge |
|---|---|
| Back | dredge /dredʒ/ verb 1[intransitive and transitive] to remove mud or sand from the bottom of a river, harbour etc, or to search for something by doing this: They dredged for oysters. 2[transitive + with] to cover food lightly with flour, sugar etc dredge something ↔ up phrasal verb 1to start talking again about something that happened a long time ago, especially something unpleasant: Newsweek magazine dredged up some remarks which he made last year. 2to manage to remember something, or to feel or express an emotion, with difficulty: Robertson tried to dredge up an image of her in his mind. From somewhere she dredged up a brilliant smile. 3to pull something up from the bottom of a river, lake etc |
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