Trawl (Verb)
Meaning
Fish with trawlers.
Classification
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.
Examples
- Trawlers were sent out to trawl the seas for the day's catch of prawns and fish.
- The fishermen have been trying to trawl a huge area of the ocean floor in search of cod.
- Because of the size of the boats, the trawlers could only trawl shallow waters.
- For hours, the fishing crew worked to trawl the heavily fished waters off the coast.
- After the first trawl of the day, the fishermen took a break to inspect and sort the catch.