Trawl

//tɹɔl//

Synonyms for "trawl" (75 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (15)

angle bait bait the hook birdlime bob bola clam cobweb dap dib dibble drag draggle dragnet

Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (23)

draw drive fish fishhook fly fly-fish gig gill net go fishing grig ground bait guddle hale haul heave hook jack jacklight jig lariat

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lasso lime

Verb(1 words)

forage

Related words (37)

lug lure meshes net noose plug pound net pull purse seine seine shrimp snake snare sniggle spin spinner springe squid still-fish take in tow

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toil toils torch tow trail train troll tug whale wobbler

Verb(2 words)

rifle rummage

Noun(5 words)

setline spiller trawl line trawl net trotline

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

4 entries

fish fishing line fishing net fishnet

Related terms

1 entries

troll

derived

3 entries

pelagic trawl trawl whiting trawlwire

etymologically related_to

1 entries

drag

is a

4 entries

commercial fishing boat fishing line fishnet ship

manner of

1 entries

fish

related to

13 entries

area boat defined dragnet exhaustive fish fishing line hook net search setline trawling troll

Translations

25 translations across 12 languages.

Bulgarian

1 entries

траля verb (To fish with a trawl)

Finnish

1 entries

troolata verb (To fish with a trawl)

French

2 entries

chaluter verb (To fish with a trawl)
passer au peigne fin verb (To make an exhaustive search within a defined area)

German

1 entries

durchforsten verb (To make an exhaustive search within a defined area)

Indonesian

2 entries

memukat verb (To fish with a trawl)
menjaring verb (To fish with a trawl)

Italian

1 entries

sciabicare verb (To fish with a trawl)

Polish

4 entries

wyszukać verb (To make an exhaustive search within a defined area)
wyszukiwać verb (To make an exhaustive search within a defined area)
złowić włokiem verb (To fish with a trawl)
łowić włokiem verb (To fish with a trawl)

Russian

2 entries

прочёсывать verb (To make an exhaustive search within a defined area)
тра́лить verb (To fish with a trawl)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

kočariti verb (To fish with a trawl)
pročešljati verb (To make an exhaustive search within a defined area)

Spanish

4 entries

esculcar verb (To make an exhaustive search within a defined area)
escurcar verb (To make an exhaustive search within a defined area)
hacer pescar arrastrera verb (To fish with a trawl)
pescar al arrastre verb (To fish with a trawl)

Swedish

1 entries

tråla verb (To fish with a trawl)

Tagalog

1 entries

mamalakaya verb (To fish with a trawl)

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

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Our experienced travel consultants can help you to trawl through the best deals around.

Source: tatoeba (8308503)

Tom went to a charity shop to trawl through all the records they had for sale.

Source: tatoeba (9977557)

Explain what the following sentences mean in the metaphor of trawling: (a) “trawl nets into the sea” (b) “collect all kinds of fish” and (c) “take the good into vessels”; (D) “Throw away the ones that don’t fit”.

Source: tatoeba (12855209)

I embarked on a trawl through my uncle's papers in search of his missing will.

Source: wiktionary

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