trawling

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Noun

trawling noun

A commercial fishing technique in which a net is dragged by a moving boat.
A laborious search.

Verb

trawling verb

To take (fish or other marine animals) with a trawl.
To fish from a slow-moving boat.
To make an exhaustive search for something within a defined area.

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Synonyms

dragnet trawl net shrimp trawler drag dragging carry-over trolling trawlboat trawlman trawlnet troll dragger troller trotline drag-net

Associated

trawl roughy trammel demersal benthic anchovies pelagic hake rockfish dredging

Rhymes

galling sprawling appalling bawling lolling squalling calling falling brawling mauling

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