Trawl Meaning in English

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Definición

To fish using a large net that is pulled along the bottom of the sea, or to search through a lot of information or things to find something specific.

Uso & Matices

Originally a fishing term, 'trawl' is also used figuratively in modern English for thorough searching, especially in data or documents ('trawl through emails'). Common as both a noun (the act/net) and verb. Informal when about searching; technical in fishing.

• Spanish: pescar con red de arrastre - buscar (informal)
• Portuguese (BR): pescar com rede de arrasto - buscar (informal)
• Portuguese (PT): pescar com rede de arrasto - procurar (informal)
• Chinese (Simplified): 拖网捕鱼 - 搜索（信息等，非正式）
• Chinese (Traditional): 拖網捕魚 - 搜尋（資訊等，非正式）
• Hindi: जाल से मछली पकड़ना - खोजना (अनौपचारिक)
• Arabic: الصيد بشبكة الجر - البحث (غير رسمي)
• Bengali: ট্রল করা - বড় জাল দিয়ে মাছ ধরা - তলাশি নেওয়া
• Russian: тралить - тщательно искать
• Japanese: トロールする - 徹底的に探す
• Vietnamese: kéo lưới - lục lọi kỹ càng
• Korean: 저인망질하다 - 샅샅이 찾다
• Turkish: trol yapmak - detaylıca aramak
• Urdu: ٹرال کرنا - باریک بینی سے تلاش کرنا
• Indonesian: menyeret jaring - menyisir (mencari secara teliti)

Oraciones de Ejemplo

Fishermen trawl for shrimp near the coast.

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They used a big net to trawl the bottom of the sea.

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I had to trawl through old files to find the report.

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We had to trawl the internet for cheap flights.

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He spent all day trawling through data for his research project.

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Journalists trawl social media for breaking news stories.

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