trawl
To take with a trawlTo take (fish or other marine animals) with a trawl.
» Our experienced travel consultants can help you to trawl through the best deals around.
Meaning
3 senses(ambitransitive)To take (fish or other marine animals) with a trawl.
The fisherman went out to trawl the deep sea for shrimp.
(intransitive)To fish from a slow-moving boat.
They used a large net to trawl for fish along the coast.
тра́литьtrálitʹ
fish with trawlers
(intransitive)To make an exhaustive search for something within a defined area.
We need to trawl through the data to find meaningful patterns.
durchforsten
прочёсыватьpročósyvatʹ
Examples
3 sentencesOur experienced travel consultants can help you to trawl through the best deals around.
Trawling causes a devastating waste of life in the form of bycatch.
Tom went to a charity shop to trawl through all the records they had for sale.
deIch bin in einen karitativen Gebrauchtwarenladen gegangen, um die zum Verkauf stehenden Platten zu durchforsten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
16th century, borrowed from Dutch tragelen (“to pull with a towline, trawl”), from Middle16th century, borrowed from Dutch tragelen (“to pull with a towline, trawl”), from Middle Dutch traghelen, from traghel (“dragnet”) (presumably from Latin tragula (“dragnet”)), and as such root-cognate with English drag and dray.
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Forms
trawls, trawling, trawled, trawledSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle