Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to dredge sb up
Participle: dredged sb up
Gerund: dredging sb up
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | dredge sb up |
| you | dredge sb up |
| he;she;it | dredges sb up |
| we | dredge sb up |
| you | dredge sb up |
| they | dredge sb up |
Perfect
| I | have dredged sb up |
| you | have dredged sb up |
| he;she;it | has dredged sb up |
| we | have dredged sb up |
| you | have dredged sb up |
| they | have dredged sb up |
Past
| I | dredged sb up |
| you | dredged sb up |
| he;she;it | dredged sb up |
| we | dredged sb up |
| you | dredged sb up |
| they | dredged sb up |
Pluperfect
| I | had dredged sb up |
| you | had dredged sb up |
| he;she;it | had dredged sb up |
| we | had dredged sb up |
| you | had dredged sb up |
| they | had dredged sb up |
Future
| I | will dredge sb up |
| you | will dredge sb up |
| he;she;it | will dredge sb up |
| we | will dredge sb up |
| you | will dredge sb up |
| they | will dredge sb up |
Future Perfect
| I | will have dredged sb up |
| you | will have dredged sb up |
| he;she;it | will have dredged sb up |
| we | will have dredged sb up |
| you | will have dredged sb up |
| they | will have dredged sb up |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | dredge sb up |
| you | dredge sb up |
| he;she;it | dredge sb up |
| we | dredge sb up |
| you | dredge sb up |
| they | dredge sb up |
Perfect
| I | have dredged sb up |
| you | have dredged sb up |
| he;she;it | have dredged sb up |
| we | have dredged sb up |
| you | have dredged sb up |
| they | have dredged sb up |
Imperfect
| I | dredged sb up |
| you | dredged sb up |
| he;she;it | dredged sb up |
| we | dredged sb up |
| you | dredged sb up |
| they | dredged sb up |
Pluperfect
| I | had dredged sb up |
| you | had dredged sb up |
| he;she;it | had dredged sb up |
| we | had dredged sb up |
| you | had dredged sb up |
| they | had dredged sb up |
Conditional
Present
| I | would dredge sb up |
| you | would dredge sb up |
| he;she;it | would dredge sb up |
| we | would dredge sb up |
| you | would dredge sb up |
| they | would dredge sb up |
Perfect
| I | would have dredged sb up |
| you | would have dredged sb up |
| he;she;it | would have dredged sb up |
| we | would have dredged sb up |
| you | would have dredged sb up |
| they | would have dredged sb up |
Imperative
| you | dredge sb up |
| we | Let's dredge sb up |
| you | dredge sb up |
Verbs conjugated like 'dredge'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'dredge'
drudge,
bridge,
deage,
disedge,
dodge,
dragge,
dree,
dreve,
drouge,
edge,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Etymology
From Scots dreg-boat, dreg-bot (from Old English *dreċġ); or alternatively from Middle Dutch dregghe (“drag-net”), probably ultimately from the same root as drag. See: Scots '
dreg-boat'.
Sample Sentences
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Subject to flooding by the six small rivers coming together just west of the city, the main river below the city has long been shallow and subject to silting. The Communists have both maintained the earlier pattern of dredging the river, and have built a bypass flood canal around the city on the south side to relieve flood pressures. Though dredging can keep the river navigable for small ships, a new artificial port, Sinkang, able to take 10,000 ton ships at all times, was created at T'ang-ku. This is kept open for about two months during winter by icebreakers. [1972, “TIENTSIN (T'IEN-CHING)”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 21, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1140, column 1:]
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to dredge up someone's unsavoury past
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Friday night’s crowning victory at The Hawthorns was the 25th in 30 league matches since Antonio Conte’s decisive re-gearing of his team in September, the tactical switches that have coaxed such a thrilling run from this team of bolt-ons and upcycled squad players, most notably Victor Moses, who was dredged out of the laundry bin in the autumn to become a key part of the title surge. [2017 May 13, Barney Ronay, “Antonio Conte’s brilliance has turned Chelsea’s pop-up team into champions”, in The Guardian:]