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1. (n.) trawl
Also called trawl net. a strong fishing net dragged along the sea bottom to catch the fish living there.
2. trawl
Also called trawl line. a buoyed line used in sea fishing, having numerous short lines with baited hooks attached at intervals.
3. (v.i.) trawl
to fish with a trawl.
4. trawl
to troll.
5. (v.t.) trawl
to catch with a trawl.
6. trawl
to drag (a trawl net).
7. trawl
to troll.
Etymology: (1475–85; < MD tragel (n.), tragelen (v.), c. trail)
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| Definition of 'trawl' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) trawl, trawl line, spiller, setline, trotline
a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)
2. (verb) trawl, dragnet, trawl net
a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths
3. (verb) trawl
fish with trawlers
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| Definition of 'trawl' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) trawl
a fishing line, often extending a mile or more, having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it. It is used for catching cod, halibut, etc.; a boulter
2. (noun) trawl
a large bag net attached to a beam with iron frames at its ends, and dragged at the bottom of the sea, -- used in fishing, and in gathering forms of marine life from the sea bottom
3. (verb) trawl
to take fish, or other marine animals, with a trawl
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The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. trawl
To sift through large volumes of data (e.g., Usenet postings, FTP
archives, or the Jargon File) looking for something of interest.
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Sense: a wide-mouthed, bag-shaped net used to catch sea fish.
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 Afrikaans: treiler |
 Arabic: شَبَكَة واسِعَة لصَيد الس |
 Bulgarian: трал |
 Brazilian: rede de arrastão |
 Czech: nevod |
 German: das Schleppnetz |
 Danish: trawl |
 Greek: τράτα (το δίχτυ) |
 Spanish: red de arrastre |
 Estonian: traal |
 Farsi: تور ماهیگیری |
 Finnish: trooli |
 French: chalut |
 Hebrew: מִכִמוֹרֶת |
 Hindi: महाजाल |
 Croatian: mreža potegača |
 Hungarian: fenékháló |
 Indonesian: pukat |
 Icelandic: botnvarpa, troll |
 Italian: (rete a strascico) |
 Japanese: 底引網 |
 Korean: 저인망 |
 Lithuanian: tralas |
 Latvian: tralis |
 Malay: pukat tunda |
 Dutch: sleepnet |
 Norwegian: trål |
 Polish: włók |
 Persian: تور ماهیگیری |
 Pashto: د ماهی نیولو جال |
 Portuguese: rede de arrasto |
 Romanian: năvod, traul |
 Russian: трал |
 Slovak: čereň, vlečná sieť |
 Slovenian: vlečna ribiška mreža |
 Serbian: mreža |
 Swedish: trål |
 Thai: อวนลาก |
 Turkish: trol, tarak ağı |
 Taiwanese: 拖網 |
 Ukrainian: трал; донний невід |
 Urdu: مہا جال |
 Vietnamese: lưới vét |
 Chinese: 拖网 |
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