Dredging
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Dredging is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of dredge.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of dredge.
More Meanings
- That which is dredged up.
- (uncountable) The act of using a dredger or excavator to dredge a harbour, river, channel or watercourse.
Example Sentences
Soundings showed wide variations in depths of water, and from the dredgings of the bottom came new types of sediment […]
Word Forms
- dredgings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include drag, digging, tunnelling, dig, drain, excavation.
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