Dredge vs Unblock - What's the difference?
dredge | unblock |
Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as:
# A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds.
# A dredging machine.
# An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.
Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water.
to make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge
to bring something to the surface with a dredge
(Usually with up) to unearth, such as an unsavoury past
to coat moistened food with a powder, such as flour or sugar
A mixture of oats and barley.
To remove or clear a block or obstruction from.
To free or make available.
* 2010 , Syed Ali, Dubai: gilded cage (page 58)
As verbs the difference between dredge and unblock
is that dredge is to make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge or dredge can be to coat moistened food with a powder, such as flour or sugar while unblock is to remove or clear a block or obstruction from.As a noun dredge
is any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: or dredge can be a mixture of oats and barley.dredge
English
Etymology 1
(Dredging) From (etyl) dreg-boat'' (from (etyl) *''drecg(e) ) or alternatively from (etyl) dregghe, probably ultimately from the same root as drag.Noun
(en noun)- (Raymond)
Verb
(dredg)Etymology 2
From (etyl) dragie, via (etyl) from (etyl) .Verb
(dredg)Etymology 3
(etyl) dragge, (etyl) .Noun
- (Kersey)
unblock
English
Verb
(en verb)- We need a plumber to unblock the sink.
- It is not just bad news about Dubai that gets blocked from the Internet; a whole range of other social networking sites have been blocked, unblocked and reblocked.