Dredge vs. Unearth — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Dredge and Unearth
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Definitions
Dredge➦
Any of various machines equipped with scooping or suction devices and used to deepen harbors and waterways and in underwater mining.
Unearth➦
Unearth is an American metalcore band from Boston, Massachusetts. Formed in 1998, the group has released seven studio albums.
Dredge➦
(Nautical) A boat or barge equipped with a dredge.
Unearth➦
To bring up out of the earth; dig up.
Dredge➦
An implement consisting of a net on a frame, used for gathering shellfish.
Unearth➦
To bring to public notice; uncover.
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Dredge➦
To clean, deepen, or widen with a dredge.
Unearth➦
To drive or draw from the earth.
To unearth a fox or a badger
Dredge➦
To bring up with a dredge
Dredged up the silt.
Unearth➦
To uncover or find; to bring out from concealment
To unearth a secret
Dredge➦
To come up with; unearth
Dredged up bitter memories.
Unearth➦
To dig up.
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Dredge➦
To use a dredge
Dredging for alluvial gold.
Unearth➦
To drive or draw from the earth; hence, to uncover; to bring out from concealment; to bring to light; to disclose; as, to unearth a secret.
To unearth the roof of an old tree.
Dredge➦
To coat (food) by sprinkling with a powder, such as flour or sugar.
Unearth➦
Bring to light;
The CIA unearthed a plot to kill the President
Dredge➦
Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as:
Unearth➦
Lay bare through digging;
Schliemann excavated Troy
Dredge➦
A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds.
Dredge➦
A dredging machine.
Dredge➦
An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.
Dredge➦
The act of dredging.
Dredge➦
Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water.
Dredge➦
A large shaker for sprinkling spices or seasonings during food preparation.
Dredge➦
(uncountable) A mixture of oats and barley.
Dredge➦
To make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge.
Dredge➦
To bring something to the surface with a dredge.
Dredge➦
To unearth.
To dredge up someone's unsavoury past
Dredge➦
To sprinkle (food) with spices or seasonings, using a dredge.
Dredge the meat with the flour mixture you prepared earlier.
Dredge➦
Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: (a) A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds. (b) A dredging machine. (c) An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.
Dredge➦
Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water.
Dredge➦
A mixture of oats and barley.
Dredge➦
To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine.
Dredge➦
To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat.
Dredge➦
A power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed
Dredge➦
Cover before cooking;
Dredge the chicken in flour before frying it
Dredge➦
Search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
Dredge➦
Remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water
