verb🔗ShareTo take (fish or other marine animals) with a trawl."The fishing boat was trawling the ocean floor for shrimp. "fishnauticaloceananimalfoodsailingenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo fish from a slow-moving boat."The fishing boat was slowly trawling along the coast, dragging its net behind it. "nauticalfishsailingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make an exhaustive search for something within a defined area."The librarian spent the afternoon trawling through the database to find the student's lost research paper. "actionbusinessinternetChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA commercial fishing technique in which a net is dragged by a moving boat."Trawling can severely damage the seafloor, affecting marine life. "nauticalfishChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA laborious search."The student's trawling through the library's online database for research material took all afternoon. "actioninternetnauticalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
