trawl /tröl/

1. An open-mouthed bag-net for dragging along the seabed
2. A trawl-line (qv below)
3. An act of trawling

To catch or fish with a trawl or (Scot and US) a seine-net

1. To look for something (eg a suitable person for a post, etc) by gathering suggestions from various sources (with for; strictly, a meaning developed from troll²)
2. To fish (an area) using a trawl net
3. To search over, comb, investigate thoroughly, in order to gather information

trawˈler noun

1. A trawling vessel
2. A person who trawls

trawˈling noun

trawlˈerman noun

A person who mans a trawler

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