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Synonyms for trawl

Most common

spiller setline trotline net drag-net

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Verb

1. Rummage — to make an exhaustive search for something within a defined area

rummage, forage, rifle

Other

fish

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A net or dragnet used for trawling.

  2. v. 1

    To make an exhaustive search for something within a defined area.

    We need to trawl through the data to find meaningful patterns.

Related words

Word family
trawler
Phrases
trawl net

Forms

Plural
trawls → spillers, setlines, trotlines, drag-nets…
Past participle
trawled
e.g. trawled → rummaged, foraged, rifled, fished…

Example sentences

  • net Net-profit comes to 10 million dollars every year.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
trawlfalling
spillerfalling
setlinefalling
trotlinefalling
netfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
net1
4 letters
fish1
5 letters
rifle2
6 letters
forage2
7 letters
spiller2, rummage2, setline
8 letters
trotline

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rifle2 = 2 syllables).