Agricultural Land Development Terms

noun a machine or boat used for removing silt, mud, etc., from the bottom of a river or harbor

verb to clean, deepen, or widen (a waterway, port, or river) by scooping out mud, weeds, etc., with a dredge

• The construction crew used a dredge to remove sediment from the riverbed.
• They had to dredge the pond to make it deeper for fishing.
• Let's dredge up some dirt on that guy and see what we find.
• She had to dredge up memories from her past for the therapy session.