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 Definitions of trawl  [ɔl]  

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Definition of 'trawl' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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)

Definition of 'trawl' Princeton's WordNet 

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


Definition of 'trawl' Webster Dictionary 

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


Definitions of 'trawl' The New Hacker's Dictionary 

1.  trawl
To sift through large volumes of data (e.g., Usenet postings, FTP archives, or the Jargon File) looking for something of interest.


Translation of 'trawl' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a wide-mouthed, bag-shaped net used to catch sea fish.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: treiler Arabic flag Arabic: شَبَكَة واسِعَة لصَيد الس Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: трал
Brazilian flag Brazilian: rede de arrastão Czech flag Czech: nevod German flag German: das Schleppnetz
Danish flag Danish: trawl Greek flag Greek: τράτα (το δίχτυ) Spanish flag Spanish: red de arrastre
Estonian flag Estonian: traal Farsi flag Farsi: تور ماهیگیری Finnish flag Finnish: trooli
French flag French: chalut Hebrew flag Hebrew: מִכִמוֹרֶת Hindi flag Hindi: महाजाल
Croatian flag Croatian: mreža potegača Hungarian flag Hungarian: fenékháló Indonesian flag Indonesian: pukat
Icelandic flag Icelandic: botnvarpa, troll Italian flag Italian: (rete a strascico) Japanese flag Japanese: 底引網
Korean flag Korean: 저인망 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: tralas Latvian flag Latvian: tralis
Malay flag Malay: pukat tunda Dutch flag Dutch: sleepnet Norwegian flag Norwegian: trål
Polish flag Polish: włók Persian flag Persian: تور ماهیگیری Pashto flag Pashto: د ماهی نیولو جال
Portuguese flag Portuguese: rede de arrasto Romanian flag Romanian: năvod, traul Russian flag Russian: трал
Slovak flag Slovak: čereň, vlečná sieť Slovenian flag Slovenian: vlečna ribiška mreža Serbian flag Serbian: mreža
Swedish flag Swedish: trål Thai flag Thai: อวนลาก Turkish flag Turkish: trol, tarak ağı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 拖網 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: трал; донний невід Urdu flag Urdu: مہا جال
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: lưới vét Chinese flag Chinese: 拖网

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