dredge

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed
  2. verb cover before cooking
  3. verb search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost

Etymology

From Scots dreg-boat, dreg-bot (from Old English *dreċġ); or alternatively from Middle Dutch dregghe (“drag-net”), probably ultimately from the same root as drag.

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