6 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Trawl \Trawl\, v. i. [OF. trauler, troller, F. tr[^o]ter, to drag about, to stroll about; probably of Teutonic origin. Cf. {Troll}, v. t.] To take fish, or other marine animals, with a trawl. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Trawl \Trawl\, n. 1. A fishing line, often extending a mile or more, having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it. It is used for catching cod, halibut, etc.; a boulter. [U. S. & Canada] [1913 Webster] 2. A large bag net attached to a beam with iron frames at its ends, and dragged at the bottom of the sea, -- used in fishing, and in gathering forms of marine life from the sea bottom. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: trawl n 1: a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys) [syn: {trawl line}, {spiller}, {setline}, {trotline}] 2: a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths [syn: {dragnet}, {trawl net}] v : fish with trawlers From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 65 Moby Thesaurus words for "trawl": angle, bait, bait the hook, birdlime, bob, bola, clam, cobweb, dap, dib, dibble, drag, draggle, dragnet, draw, drive, fish, fishhook, fly, fly-fish, gig, gill net, go fishing, grig, ground bait, guddle, hale, haul, heave, hook, jack, jacklight, jig, lariat, lasso, lime, 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, toils, torch, tow, trail, train, troll, tug, whale, wobbler From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]: trawl v. To sift through large volumes of data (e.g., Usenet postings, FTP archives, or the Jargon File) looking for something of interest. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]: trawl To sift through large volumes of data (e.g. {Usenet} postings, FTP archives, or the {Jargon File}) looking for something of interest. [{Jargon File}]
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