trawling

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Synonyms: trailing, brawling, crawling, drawling, wrawling, rawling, trifling, sprawling, trilling, bawling, drawing

Antonyms: trailing, brawling, crawling, drawling, wrawling, rawling, trifling, sprawling, trilling, bawling, drawing

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Noun

1. A {{l|en|commercial}} {{l|en|fishing}} {{l|en|technique}} in which a {{l|en|net}} is {{l|en|drag|dragged}} by a moving {{l|en|boat}}. Not to be confused with {{l|en|trolling}}, which drags (one or more) {{l|en|fishing line|lines}}.
2. A [[laborious]] [[search]].

Verb

1. {{infl of|en|trawl||ing-form}}

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