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Trawler

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Word	Definition
tugboatnoun	(nautical) A small, powerful boat used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels.
boatnoun	A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind.
dhownoun	(nautical) A traditional sailing vessel used along the coasts of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean, generally having a single mast and a lateen sail.
vesselnoun	A craft for transportation on or in water, air, or space.
shipnoun	(nautical) A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
dragnoun	(physics, uncountable) Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.
tugnoun	A sudden powerful pull.
trawlingnoun	A commercial fishing technique in which a net is dragged by a moving boat. Not to be confused with trolling, which drags (one or more) lines.
trawlnoun	A net or dragnet used for trawling.
fishingnoun	(uncountable) The act of catching fish.
trawlboatnoun	A trawler (fishing boat)
trawlnetnoun	A kind of fishing net for trawling; a trawl.
trawlmannoun	One who fishes by trawling.
trawlermannoun	A fisherman on a trawler.
draggernoun	One who takes part in drag racing.
supertrawlernoun	(nautical) A very large, industrialised trawler
fishing boatnoun	A boat used for fishing.
trail netnoun	(fishing) A dragnet.
trownoun	(archaic or dialectal) Trust or faith.
trollingnoun	The act of one who trolls (in various senses of provoking others).