verb Download 🔗Share To take (fish or other marine animals) with a trawl. Examples : "The fishing boat was trawling the ocean floor for shrimp. " fish nautical ocean animal food sailing environment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To fish from a slow-moving boat. Examples : "The fishing boat was slowly trawling along the coast, dragging its net behind it. " nautical fish sailing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To make an exhaustive search for something within a defined area. Examples : "The librarian spent the afternoon trawling through the database to find the student's lost research paper. " action business internet Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A commercial fishing technique in which a net is dragged by a moving boat. Examples : "Trawling can severely damage the seafloor, affecting marine life. " nautical fish Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A laborious search. Examples : "The student's trawling through the library's online database for research material took all afternoon. " action internet nautical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading