Dredging [verb]
Definition of Dredging:
deepen
Opposite/Antonyms of Dredging:
-
Sentence/Example of Dredging:
The present method of dredging is of the “hit or miss” character, while the submarine method is capable of thorough work.
Well, just at the last moment there came a sudden flush of current, dredging through the tangles like a wave.
The dredging for scallops, another molluscan delicacy, forms an important industry along certain parts of the eastern coast.
The dredging party reached the land just in time; and the sea-ice drifted away to the north.
As the water was too deep for dredging, Harrisson manufactured cage-traps and secured some fish, a squid, and other specimens.
We went out on skis to reconnoitre, and found that the nearest "lead" was too far away to make dredging a safe proposition.
Hamilton was busy, about this time, dredging in swamp pools and securing specimens of the rockhopper or gentoo penguin.
Those on board had had a busy time dredging, and their results were just as successful as ours.
Although a careful examination and dredging of the river failed to produce the body, Smith was committed for trial.
A boat's crew recently left Newhaven pier for the oyster dredging in the Firth of Forth.