dredge
dredge /dr'edʒ/ (dredges dredging dredged)
[VERB] V n
When people dredge a harbour, river, or other area of water, they remove mud and unwanted material from the bottom with a special machine in order to make it deeper or to look for something.
Police have spent weeks dredging the lake but have not found his body.dredge up
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron)
If someone dredges up a piece of information they learned a long time ago, or if they dredge up a distant memory, they manage to remember it.
...an American trying to dredge up some French or German learned in high school...
2 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P
If someone dredges up a damaging or upsetting fact about your past, they remind you of it or tell other people about it.
I wouldn't want to dredge up the past...
It's the media who keep dredging it up.
[VERB] V n
When people dredge a harbour, river, or other area of water, they remove mud and unwanted material from the bottom with a special machine in order to make it deeper or to look for something.
Police have spent weeks dredging the lake but have not found his body.dredge up
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron)
If someone dredges up a piece of information they learned a long time ago, or if they dredge up a distant memory, they manage to remember it.
...an American trying to dredge up some French or German learned in high school...
2 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P
If someone dredges up a damaging or upsetting fact about your past, they remind you of it or tell other people about it.
I wouldn't want to dredge up the past...
It's the media who keep dredging it up.