trawl

About 0.34 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A net or dragnet used for trawling. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. noun A long fishing line having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it; a setline.
3. noun An exhaustive search.

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

4. verb To take (fish or other marine animals) with a trawl.

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

5. verb To fish from a slow-moving boat.

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

6. verb To make an exhaustive search for something within a defined area.

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

Similar words

dragnet trawl net otter net shelf trammel drift tow trawler drag

Often followed by

fishery and net nets through is fisheries was in

Word family

trawled trawling trawls