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   dredge

   /drej/

   verb

   • 1. clean out the bed of (a harbor, river, or other area of water) by scooping out mud, weeds, and rubbish with a dredge: "the lower stretch of the river had been dredged"
   • ▪ bring up or clear (something) from a river, harbor, or other area of water with a dredge: "mud was dredged out of the harbor"
   • ▪ bring to people's attention an unpleasant or embarrassing fact or incident that had been forgotten: "I don't understand why you had to dredge up this story"

   noun

   • 1. an apparatus for bringing up objects or mud from a river or seabed by scooping or dragging.
   • ▪ a dredger.

   Word Origin late 15th century (as a noun; originally in dredge-boat): perhaps related to Middle Dutch dregghe ‘grappling hook’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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