trawl
trawl /trɔːl $ trɒːl/ verb [intransitive and transitive]
trawl noun [countable]
کشیدن، باتور کیسه ای ماهی گرفتن، دام یا تور، کیسه ای که درته دریاکشیده می شود، بند
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English DictionaryI. trawl1 /trɔːl $ trɒːl/
verb [intransitive and transitive][
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Middle Dutch;
Origin: tragelen, from tragel 'net pulled along behind', probably from Latin tragula; ⇒ trail1]
1. to search through a lot of documents, lists etc in order to find out information
trawl through
I’ll have to trawl through all my lecture notes again.trawl for She spent the morning in the library, trawling for information for her project.2. to fish by pulling a special wide net behind a boat
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II. trawl2 noun [countable]1. an act of searching through a lot of documents, lists etc in order to find something
2. (
also trawl net) a wide net that is pulled along the bottom of the sea to catch fish
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