I don't want to dredge up the past.
Source: tatoeba (3728773)
Dredge
//dɹɛd͡ʒ//
Synonyms for "dredge" (135 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (41)
Related words (67)
lowermachinerymineminernavvypenetratepepperpermeatepervadepick outpick uppluckpluck outpluck uppowderpullpull outpull upquarryrake out
Show 47 more words
removerip outroot outroot upsandhogsapsappersaturatescoopscoop outscrabblescrapescratchseasonshipshovelsinkspadespatterspeckspecklesplatterspotsprinklesteam shovelsteepstudsuffusetake outtake uptankertear outtempertincturetingetransfusetrenchtroughtunneltunnelerunearthunraveluprootweed outwithdrawwrestwrest out
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
15 entriesderived
9 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
3 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
85 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- драга noun (dredging machine)
- драгирам verb (to make a channel deeper)
- изгребвам verb (to unearth)
- наръсвам verb (to coat moistened food with powder)
Catalan
4 entries- draga noun (dredging machine)
- dragar verb (to make a channel deeper)
- dragar verb (to bring something to the surface with a dredge)
- dragar verb (to unearth)
Czech
4 entries- plovoucí bagr noun (dredging machine)
- plovoucí rypadlo noun (dredging machine)
- říční bagr noun (dredging machine)
- říční rypadlo noun (dredging machine)
Dutch
4 entries- baggermachine noun (dredging machine)
- baggermolen noun (dredging machine)
- baggerschip noun (dredging machine)
- baggervaartuig noun (dredging machine)
Finnish
4 entries- liete noun (fine mineral matter held in suspension in water)
- ruoppain noun (dredging machine)
- ruoppauskone noun (dredging machine)
- jauhottaa verb (to coat moistened food with powder)
French
1 entries- draguer verb (to make a channel deeper)
German
2 entries- Baggermaschine noun (dredging machine)
- herausholen verb (to bring something to the surface with a dredge)
Greek
1 entries- βυθοκόρος noun (dredging machine)
Italian
4 entries- draga noun (dredging machine)
- sferra noun (iron frame)
- disseppellire verb (to unearth)
- dragare verb (to make a channel deeper)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- صاچمق verb (to coat moistened food with powder)
Polish
2 entries- bagrować verb (to bring something to the surface with a dredge)
- wybagrować verb (to bring something to the surface with a dredge)
Portuguese
4 entries- draga noun (dredging machine)
- dragar verb (to make a channel deeper)
- dragar verb (to bring something to the surface with a dredge)
- dragar verb (to unearth)
Russian
4 entries- драга noun (dredging machine)
- вспомина́ть verb (to unearth)
- вы́копать verb (to unearth)
- вы́рыть verb (to unearth)
Slovene
1 entries- bager noun (dredging machine)
Spanish
4 entries- draga noun (dredging machine)
- dragar verb (to make a channel deeper)
- dragar verb (to bring something to the surface with a dredge)
- dragar verb (to unearth)
Swedish
4 entries- dragg noun (dredging machine)
- dragg noun (iron frame)
- trål noun (dredging machine)
- dragga verb (to make a channel deeper)
Tagalog
1 entries- draga noun (dredging machine)
Ukrainian
4 entries- драга noun (dredging machine)
- землечерпалка noun (dredging machine)
- земснаряд noun (dredging machine)
- вичерпувати verb (to bring something to the surface with a dredge)
Vietnamese
1 entries- nạo vét verb (to make a channel deeper)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Dredge the fish in cornmeal before frying.
Source: tatoeba (8985298)
Dredging is a fishing method in which a dredge is dragged across the sea floor, either scraping or penetrating the bottom.
Source: tatoeba (11942953)
This video showcases how he and his crew fish for scallops using a dredge, and shuck about 600 pounds of scallop meat before they reach the docks at the end of the day.
Source: tatoeba (12019767)
Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.