trawl

Meanings

• noun

  A large fishing net with buoyant edges and a weighted bottom, used to catch fish by being towed through the water.

  - "The fishermen set out to sea with their trawl."
  - "The trawl net caught many fish in a single haul."

• verb

  To search or examine thoroughly.

  - "Let's trawl through the old documents to find the information we need."
  - "The detective spent hours trawling the crime scene for clues."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with trawl
drawl , prowl , mowel , rowel

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Homophones

Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

1. Trawl (Scottish Gaelic) : A low-lying tract of land, especially near the sea
   

2. Trawl (Scottish) : A towed dredging device used for collecting samples of the seabed
   

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Variants

List of all variants of trawl that leads to same result
trawl , trawled , trawling , trawls

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

Originally comes from Old Norse word 'dragla' meaning 'to draw or pull'.

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Trivia

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1. The world's largest trawler is the FV Margiris, which can process up to 200 tons of fish per day.

2. The term 'trawl' is also used in geology to describe the process of collecting sediment samples from the seabed.

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Related Concepts

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1. Fishing: The process of catching fish and other aquatic organisms.

2. Net: A mesh fabric used to catch or contain things.

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Culture

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The trawl has been an essential tool in fishing communities for centuries, and its use has been documented in various forms of literature and art.

How to Memorize "trawl"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a large fishing net being pulled through the water.
   - Visualize the weighted bottom and buoyant edges of the trawl.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'trawl' with the image of a fishing net.
   - Connect it to the idea of catching fish.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Try to remember the word 'trawl' by associating it with 'Trawling for treasures in the sea'.
   - Create a mental image of a fisherman pulling a trawl net through the water.

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