Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to dredge up sb
Participle: dredged up sb
Gerund: dredging up sb
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | dredge up sb |
| you | dredge up sb |
| he;she;it | dredges up sb |
| we | dredge up sb |
| you | dredge up sb |
| they | dredge up sb |
Perfect
| I | have dredged up sb |
| you | have dredged up sb |
| he;she;it | has dredged up sb |
| we | have dredged up sb |
| you | have dredged up sb |
| they | have dredged up sb |
Past
| I | dredged up sb |
| you | dredged up sb |
| he;she;it | dredged up sb |
| we | dredged up sb |
| you | dredged up sb |
| they | dredged up sb |
Pluperfect
| I | had dredged up sb |
| you | had dredged up sb |
| he;she;it | had dredged up sb |
| we | had dredged up sb |
| you | had dredged up sb |
| they | had dredged up sb |
Future
| I | will dredge up sb |
| you | will dredge up sb |
| he;she;it | will dredge up sb |
| we | will dredge up sb |
| you | will dredge up sb |
| they | will dredge up sb |
Future Perfect
| I | will have dredged up sb |
| you | will have dredged up sb |
| he;she;it | will have dredged up sb |
| we | will have dredged up sb |
| you | will have dredged up sb |
| they | will have dredged up sb |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | dredge up sb |
| you | dredge up sb |
| he;she;it | dredge up sb |
| we | dredge up sb |
| you | dredge up sb |
| they | dredge up sb |
Perfect
| I | have dredged up sb |
| you | have dredged up sb |
| he;she;it | have dredged up sb |
| we | have dredged up sb |
| you | have dredged up sb |
| they | have dredged up sb |
Imperfect
| I | dredged up sb |
| you | dredged up sb |
| he;she;it | dredged up sb |
| we | dredged up sb |
| you | dredged up sb |
| they | dredged up sb |
Pluperfect
| I | had dredged up sb |
| you | had dredged up sb |
| he;she;it | had dredged up sb |
| we | had dredged up sb |
| you | had dredged up sb |
| they | had dredged up sb |
Conditional
Present
| I | would dredge up sb |
| you | would dredge up sb |
| he;she;it | would dredge up sb |
| we | would dredge up sb |
| you | would dredge up sb |
| they | would dredge up sb |
Perfect
| I | would have dredged up sb |
| you | would have dredged up sb |
| he;she;it | would have dredged up sb |
| we | would have dredged up sb |
| you | would have dredged up sb |
| they | would have dredged up sb |
Imperative
| you | dredge up sb |
| we | Let's dredge up sb |
| you | dredge up sb |
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:]