trawl (B1)
verb
Pronunciation: /trɔːl/
Definition
To fish using a large net that is towed through the water behind a boat.
Examples
The trawlers will trawl for cod and haddock in the North Sea.
Scientists trawl the ocean floor to study marine life.
We spent the day trawling for shrimp along the coast.
How to Use trawl
- trawl for (prepositional phrase)
- To fish for a specific type of fish or marine life. — "The fleet will trawl for herring in the eastern Atlantic."
- trawl through (prepositional phrase)
- To search through a large amount of data or information. — "He had to trawl through hundreds of emails to find the one he needed."
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