trawl
Drag the bottom
Trawl is a method of fishing that involves dragging a large net through the water behind a boat.
To trawl is to fish this way, or more broadly, to search through something methodically: She trawled the archives for evidence, trawling the internet for deals.
The net itself is also called a trawl.
Interlocking open weave
- nettingInterlaced open fabric
- dragnetUnderwater haul net
- seineVertical hanging fish net
- headlineNews article title
floats · bridle · warps · rigging · mend · snag · tangle · weights
Bends from original shape
- bridleEquine control harness
- headlineNews article title
- floatsRemains on surface
- beamStructural support member
pelagic · deckhand · fishery · catch · quota · maritime · haul · tow
Underwater excavation apparatus
- scrapeRub harshly against
- seafloorOcean's solid base
- benthicOf the sea bottom
- bottomLowest point or underside
sediment · habitat · silt · disturbance · substrate · muddy · sandy
Toothed grooming implement
- siftSeparate coarse from fine
- scourClean by hard rubbing
- scanBrief visual sweep
- browseSurvey without intent
hunt · dig · exhaustive · methodical · database · archives · records · documents
Things thrown away
- non-targetNot the intended object
- dolphinsSmart aquatic mammals
- turtlesShell-backed reptiles
- seabirdsOcean-dwelling avians
endangered · incidental · mortality · wasteful · conservation · regulations · quotas · ecosystem
mesh
Interlocking open weave
headline · floats · bridle · warps · rigging · mend · snag · tangle · weights · sweep
warps
Bends from original shape
beam · pelagic · deckhand · fishery · catch · quota · maritime · haul · tow · winch
dredge
Underwater excavation apparatus
bottom · sediment · habitat · silt · disturbance · substrate · muddy · sandy
comb
Toothed grooming implement
browse · hunt · dig · exhaustive · methodical · database · archives · records · documents · internet
discards
Things thrown away
- non-targetNot the intended object
- dolphinsSmart aquatic mammals
- turtlesShell-backed reptiles
seabirds · endangered · incidental · mortality · wasteful · conservation · regulations · quotas · ecosystem · biodiversity
- gathering verbsgather, collect, accumulate, amass, compile
- netsfishing net, gill net, gillnet, cast net, casting net
- saltwater fishingrod, reel, line, hooks, bait
- searchessearch, seek, hunt, quest, find
- fishingfishing rod, fish, angling, bass fishing, fishing gear
- fishing gearfishing rod, hook, spinning rod, spinning reel, nets
trawlangle
Geometric measure of rotation
hook and line · angling · line fishing · fly fishing · jigging
- fishing trawlerNet-dragging commercial vessel
- bottom trawlingSeafloor net fishing
- shrimp trawlingNet-dragging for prawns
- trawl netCone-shaped fishing mesh
trawling, trawler, trawls, trawled, trawlers, trawlerman, trawlermen