DREDGING
- matter that is dredged up [n DREDGINGS] / DREDGE, to clear with a dredge (a machine for scooping mud) [v]
- Clean out the bed of (a harbor, river, or other area of water) by scooping out mud, weeds, and rubbish with a dredge
- Bring up or clear (something) from a river, harbor, or other area of water with a dredge
- Bring to people's attention an unpleasant or embarrassing fact or incident that had been forgotten