ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. That which is dredged up.
  2. (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

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include drag, digging, tunnelling, dig, drain, excavation.

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