trawl /tröl/

1. An open-mouthed bag-net for dragging along the seabed
2. A trawl-line (qv below)
3. An act of trawling

To catch or fish with a trawl or (Scot and US) a seine-net

1. To look for something (eg a suitable person for a post, etc) by gathering suggestions from various sources (with for; strictly, a meaning developed from troll²)
2. To fish (an area) using a trawl net
3. To search over, comb, investigate thoroughly, in order to gather information

trawˈler noun

1. A trawling vessel
2. A person who trawls

trawˈling noun

• foot of fine
• footpace
• footpaces
• footpad
• footpads
• footpage
• footpages
• foot passenger
• foot passengers
• footpath
• footpaths
• foot-patrol
• foot-patrols
• footplate
• footplateman
• footplatemen
• footplates
• footplatewoman
• footplatewomen
• footpost
• footposts
• foot-pound
• foot-pound force
• foot-pounds
• foot-pound-second