DREDGING Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

dredging

verb

present participle of dredge

as in searching

to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something I've been dredging my memory bank, and I simply can't remember her name

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Recent Examples of dredging Pound the chicken cutlets lightly to an even thickness before dredging to ensure uniform cooking and prevent dry edges. —

Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2026 One of the reasons cited is the need for dredging the marina entrance to Lake Michigan. —

Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026 In the legend, Yu, a heroic figure, saved Chinese civilization from decades of devastating floods by dredging rivers and waterways. —

Literary Hub, 15 Dec. 2025 Pickleball courts, golf course to remain open Plans for the project include dredging the lake, repairing the concrete and foundation at the dam, and replacing a culvert near Flatwoods Road Cove with a bridge. —

Jolene Almendarez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Sep. 2025 The project would extend Osceola's slack-water harbor by 3,000 feet by dredging out 620,000 cubic yards of material. —

Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2025 The fact that Ryan Murphy’s American Love Story is shooting in the neighborhood is dredging everything back up again. —

Nate Jones, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025 The changes a deepwater port could bring The Army Corps of Engineers this month issued a $400 million contract to begin the first phase of the port project, which will ultimately include dredging sediment from the ocean so bigger ships can dock. —

Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025 It would be leaked to Seymour Hersh in 1974; by then, the man who had pulled the report together for Schlesinger, William Colby, was DCI, but Schlesinger was blamed for dredging it all up in the first place. —

Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 1 Apr. 2020

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As police were searching for a suspect inside the Islamic center, dispatchers got calls that a landscaper may have been shot at blocks away, Wahl said.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 19 May 2026
This was not an adequate explanation, and the woman was now looking back over her shoulder, as if searching for help.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 May 2026