TRAWL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trawl mean? 

• TRAWL (noun)
  The noun TRAWL has 2 senses:

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

2. a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths

  Familiarity information: TRAWL used as a noun is rare.

• TRAWL (verb)
  The verb TRAWL has 1 sense:

1. fish with trawlers

  Familiarity information: TRAWL used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRAWL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

setline; spiller; trawl; trawl line; trotline

Hypernyms ("trawl" is a kind of...):

fishing line (a length of cord to which the leader and float and sinker and hook are attached)

Derivation:

trawl (fish with trawlers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

dragnet; trawl; trawl net

Hypernyms ("trawl" is a kind of...):

fishing net; fishnet (a net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in)

Derivation:

trawl (fish with trawlers)

• TRAWL (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they trawl    ... he / she / it trawls   
Past simple: trawled   
Past participle: trawled   
-ing form: trawling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fish with trawlers

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "trawl" is one way to...):

fish (catch or try to catch fish or shellfish)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence examples:

The men trawl the area for animals
The men trawl for animals in the area

Derivation:

trawl (a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths)

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