The word dredge is most probably derived from the Middle Dutch word dregghe which means a grappling hook.
Dredge is used as a noun or a transitive verb, which is a verb that takes an object. Dredge may also describe the apparatus used to accomplish this job or a barge that employs such an apparatus. The word drudge may be derived from either the Middle English word druggen which means to do monotonous work or the Old English word dreogan which means to endure, to suffer, to work.ĭredge means to scoop out mud, sand, weeds, trash or other unwanted materials from a bay, river, harbor or other body of water. Related words are drudges, drudged, drudging, drudgery. Drudge may be used as a noun or an intransitive verb, which is a verb that does not take an object. We will look at the difference between the definitions of dredge and drudge, where these words came from and some examples of their use in sentences.ĭrudge means to do menial, hard work or a person who does menial, hard work. Dredge and drudge are two words that are very close in spelling and pronunciation and are often confused.
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