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to dredge

to dredge

2 4.7
To coat food lightly with flour or breadcrumbs before cooking
  • verb
  • /drɛdʒ/
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  • For a crispy coating, dredge the slices of zucchini in breadcrumbs and fry until golden.
  • dredge in flour
  • dredge in breadcrumbs
  • dredge in cornmeal

Examples

  • So I'm trying to lightly dredge this just because it is so wet with the ham.

  • Heat the oil and butter in the enormous ceramic pot, dredge the meat in the flour, and then fry in batches including the oxtail.

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  • Dredge the slices (1/3 inch thick) in flour, egg wash, and coarse bread crumbs.

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  • To prepare the dish, dredge the shrimp in seasoned flour before frying them.

  • Before baking, dredge the fish fillets lightly in cornmeal for a crunchy texture.

Synonyms

to bread
vsto dredge
8 6.9

To cover food with small crumbs before cooking, usually to fry or bake

is a broader light coating that can use powder or small particles
to flour
vsto dredge
2 3.2

To cover food with a thin layer of fine powder made from grain before cooking

is a general light coating using various dry ingredients rather than one powder
to crumb
vsto dredge
1 4.8

To remove small bits of bread from a table or cloth

is limited to lightly coating food with dry ingredients before cooking

Phrasal Verbs

to dredge up
18 6.2

To mention an unpleasant or forgotten memory from the past

How Coated

to encrust
5 6.1
to coat
105 2.8
to bread
8 6.9
to dredge
2 4.7
to dust
54 2.5

Surface Forms

dredge infinitive
dredged past
dredged past participle
dredging present participle
dredges third person singular

Etymology

Dredge in cooking means to cover food lightly with flour or crumbs, and a helpful way to remember this is to think of 'dragging' a thin layer over the food so it sticks, so to dredge is to coat or dust food before cooking.