trawl
🇺🇸
/trɔːl/
🇬🇧
/trɔːl/
verb
R
to look through a lot of information or places to find what you want
She trawled the internet for hours to find the perfect gift.
R
to search for fish by dragging a large net through the water
The fishermen trawled the sea for fish all day.
noun
R
a search through a lot of information or places
A quick trawl through the books in the library turned up some interesting facts.
R
a large net used for catching fish in the sea
The trawler boat used a trawl to catch fish.
translation
to look through a lot of information or places to find what you want; to search for fish by dragging a large net through the water
a search through a lot of information or places; a large net used for catching fish in the sea
Word Forms
3rd Present
trawls
Past
trawled
Perfect
trawled
Progressive
trawling
Plural
trawls