ALL meanings of trawl
trawl
T t - intransitive verb trawl fish with trawl net 1
- noun trawl large fishing net 1
- noun trawl long fishing line 1
- transitive verb trawl sift through, search 1
- noun trawl search 1
- transitivephrasal verb trawl search for sth 1
- noun trawl Also called trawl net. a strong fishing net for dragging along the sea bottom. 1
- noun trawl Also called trawl line. a buoyed line used in sea fishing, having numerous short lines with baited hooks attached at intervals. 1
- verb without object trawl to fish with a net that drags along the sea bottom to catch the fish living there. 1
- verb without object trawl to fish with a trawl line. 1
- verb without object trawl to troll. 1
- verb with object trawl to catch with a trawl net or a trawl line. 1
- verb with object trawl to drag (a trawl net). 1
- verb with object trawl to troll. 1
- verb trawl If you trawl through a large number of similar things, you search through them looking for something that you want or something that is suitable for a particular purpose. 0
- verb trawl Trawl is also a noun. 0
- verb trawl When fishermen trawl for fish, they pull a wide net behind their ship in order to catch fish. 0
- noun trawl a large net, usually in the shape of a sock or bag, drawn at deep levels behind special boats (trawlers) 0
- noun trawl a long line to which numerous shorter hooked lines are attached, suspended between buoys 0
- noun trawl the act of trawling 0
- verb trawl to catch or try to catch (fish) with a trawl net or trawl line 0
- verb trawl to drag (a trawl net) or suspend (a trawl line) 0
- verb trawl to seek or gather (something, such as information, or someone, such as a likely appointee) from a wide variety of sources 0
- noun trawl a large, baglike net dragged by a boat along the bottom of a fishing bank 0
- noun trawl a long line supported by buoys, from which many short fishing lines are hung 0
- noun trawl a thorough search 0
- verb transitive trawl to fish or catch with a trawl 0
- verb transitive trawl to make a thorough search (of) 0