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trawl

noun

1 trawl

A long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys).

synonyms: setline, spiller, trawl line, trotline.

Polish: sznur haczykowy

2 trawl

A conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths.

synonyms: dragnet, trawl net.

Dutch: kuil, sleepnet, trawl, trawlnet, treil, treilnet, treknet
Polish: trał, włók, włok

verb

1 trawl

Fish with trawlers.

Roget 463: experiment; essay etc. (endeavor) 675; try, try out, assay; make an experiment, make a trial of; give a trial to; put on trial, subject to trial; ... show more


Moby thesaurus: angle, bait, bait the hook, birdlime, bob, bola, clam, cobweb, dap, dib, dibble, drag, draggle, dragnet, draw, drive, fish, fishhook, fly, fly-fish ... show more.

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