English Explanatory Dictionary

trawling

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A commercial fishing technique in which a net is dragged by a moving boat. Not to be confused with trolling, which drags (one or more) lines.
  2. A laborious search.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of trawl

Word forms

trawling trawlings

Related words

trawl trawler

Derived words

bottom trawling otter trawling pair trawling
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