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Word: Trawl
Speech Type: Verb
mid 16th century (as a verb): probably from Middle Dutch traghelen ‘to drag’ (related to traghel ‘dragnet’), perhaps from Latin tragula ‘dragnet’
trɔːl
fish with a trawl net or seine
Short Definition:fish with trawl net or seine
Examples:- the boats trawled for flounder
- restrictions on trawling
search thoroughly
Short Definition:search thoroughly
Examples:- the Home Office trawled through twenty-five-year-old confidential files
- he trawled his memory and remembered locking the door
Word: Trawl
Speech Type: Noun
trɔːl
an act of fishing with a trawl net or seine
Short Definition:act of fishing with trawl net or seine
Examples:- they had caught two trout on the lazy trawl up-lake
a thorough search
Short Definition:thorough search
Examples:- a constant trawl for information
a long sea-fishing line along which are tied buoys supporting baited hooks on short lines.
Short Definition:long sea-fishing line along which are tied buoys supporting baited hooks on short lines
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