dredge
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed
Types & categories
- power shovel hypernym
Parts & wholes
- dredger part holonym
- dredging bucket part meronym
- scoop shovel part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
cover before cooking
dredge the chicken in flour before frying it
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- cooking domain topic
Sense 3 verb
search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
Types & categories
- search hypernym
Related & opposite
- dredge derivation
Sense 4 verb
remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water
Types & categories
- remove hypernym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dredge |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dredge |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | dredger |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | dredging bucket |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | scoop shovel |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | power shovel |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | cooking |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | coat |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | flour |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dredge |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | search |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dredge |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dredger |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | remove |