Associations to the word «Trawl»

Wiktionary

TRAWL, noun. A net or dragnet used for trawling. [from the 16th c.]
TRAWL, noun. A long fishing line having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it; a setline.
TRAWL, verb. To take fish, or other marine animals, with a trawl.
TRAWL, verb. To fish from a slow moving boat.
TRAWL, verb. To make an exhaustive search for something within a defined area.
TRAWL WHITING, noun. Southern school whiting

Dictionary definition

TRAWL, noun. A long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys).
TRAWL, noun. A conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths.
TRAWL, verb. Fish with trawlers.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats