trawling
verb
- 1
To take (fish or other marine animals) with a trawl.
- 2
To fish from a slow-moving boat.
- 3
To make an exhaustive search for something within a defined area.
noun
- 1
A commercial fishing technique in which a net is dragged by a moving boat.
- 2
A laborious search.
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