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   trawl

   /trɔːl/

   verb

   • 1. fish with a trawl net or seine: "the boats trawled for flounder"
   • ▪ catch with a trawl or seine: "British cod is being replaced by hoki, trawled from great depths off New Zealand"
   • ▪ drag or trail (something) through water: "she trawled a toe to test the temperature"
   • 2. search thoroughly: "the Home Office trawled through twenty-five-year-old confidential files"

   noun

   • 1. an act of fishing with a trawl net or seine: "they had caught two trout on the lazy trawl up-lake"
   • ▪ a large wide-mouthed fishing net dragged by a boat along the bottom of the sea or a lake.
   • 2. a thorough search: "a constant trawl for information"
   • 3. a long sea-fishing line along which are tied buoys supporting baited hooks on short lines. North American

   Word Origin mid 16th century (as a verb): probably from Middle Dutch traghelen ‘to drag’ (related to traghel ‘dragnet’), perhaps from Latin tragula ‘dragnet’.

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   Is trawl a noun?

   • Trawl is also a noun. A trawl through the small print shows long-term investors will be worse off. When fishermen trawl for fish, they pull a wide net behind their ship in order to catch fish. They had seen him trawling and therefore knew that there were fish. [VERB] We came upon a fishing boat trawling for Dover sole. [VERB + for]

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   What does trawling mean?

   • : troll sense 1a : a large conical net dragged along the sea bottom in gathering fish or other marine life : setline Verb The boat trawled far out at sea. a fishing boat trawling the ocean floor He trawled the Internet looking for websites on growing grapes. She was trawling through old letters for information about her family.

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   What is a trawl on a fishing boat called?

   • The large net used on a fishing boat is called a trawl, and to fish using this kind of net is to trawl. If you live in a coastal town, you might be able to watch the boats trawl at sunrise. When someone trawls, they don't use a fishing pole.

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   What does trawl line mean?

   • Also called trawl line. a buoyed line used in sea fishing, having numerous short lines with baited hooks attached at intervals. to fish with a net that drags along the sea bottom to catch the fish living there. to fish with a trawl line. to troll. to catch with a trawl net or a trawl line. to drag (a trawl net). to troll.

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishTRAWL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Trawl means to pull a large net through the sea to catch fish, or to search among many places to find information. Learn how to use trawl in a sentence, and see related words and phrases.

   • English (US)

     TRAWL meaning: 1. to pull a large, cone-shaped net through...

   • Trawler

     TRAWLER definition: 1. a large boat that uses a wide,...

   • Znaczenie Trawl, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     trawl definicja: 1. to pull a large, cone-shaped net through...

   • Trawl: Danish Translation

     trawl - translate into Danish with the English-Danish...

   • Trawl: Indonesian Translation

     trawl translate: pukat, memukat. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   • Trawl: French Translation

     trawl translate: chalut, pêcher au chalut. Learn more in the...

   • Trawl Spanish Translation

     TRAWL translate: hacer pesca de arrastre (en), rastrear,...

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   Trawl can be a noun or a verb, and it refers to a type of fishing net or line, or to the act of searching through something. Learn more about the origin, synonyms, and examples of trawl in British and American English.

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   Trawl is a noun for a strong fishing net or a buoyed line with hooks, or a verb for fishing with them. Learn more about the origin, usage, and examples of trawl from Dictionary.com.

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   Trawl means to pull a large net through the sea to catch fish, or to search among many places to find something. Learn how to use trawl in different contexts, see related words and phrases, and listen to the pronunciation.

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   The large net used on a fishing boat is called a trawl, and to fish using this kind of net is to trawl. If you live in a coastal town, you might be able to watch the boats trawl at sunrise. When someone trawls, they don't use a fishing pole.

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   A trawl is a large net or a long line used to catch fish in deep water. It can also mean to search or examine something thoroughly. Learn more about the origin, synonyms, and usage of trawl with examples.