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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King