Trawl

Quick meaning: Trawl is a noun meaning A net or dragnet used for trawling.

Meaning

A net or dragnet used for trawling.

More Meanings

1. A long fishing line having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it; a setline.
2. An exhaustive search.
3. (ambitransitive) To take (fish or other marine animals) with a trawl.
4. (intransitive) To fish from a slow-moving boat.
5. (intransitive) To make an exhaustive search for something within a defined area.

Example Sentences

The fisherman went out to trawl the deep sea for shrimp.

They used a large net to trawl for fish along the coast.

We need to trawl through the data to find meaningful patterns.

I embarked on a trawl through my uncle's papers in search of his missing will.

Word Forms

• trawls
• trawling
• trawled

Synonyms for trawl

Depending on context, synonyms include rummage, forage, rifle, dragnet.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dragnet, otter, net, shelf, trammel, drift.

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