(transitive, intransitive) To take (fish or other marine animals) with a trawl. / (intransitive) To fish from a slow-moving boat.

A net or dragnet used for trawling. / A long fishing line having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it; a setline.

A commercial fishing technique in which a net is dragged by a moving boat. / A laborious search.

present participle of trawl

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of trawl

simple past tense and past participle of trawl

plural of trawling

southern school whiting

plural of pelagic trawl

(fishing gear) A trawl that goes through the water column rather than on the bottom.