2trawl verb
trawls; trawled; trawl·ing 1 : to catch fish with a large net (called a trawl) [no obj] ▪ The boat trawled far out at sea. [+ obj] ▪ a fishing boat trawling the ocean floor 2 : to search through (something) in order to find someone or something [+ obj] ▪ He trawled the Internet looking for Web sites on growing grapes. [no obj] ▪ She was trawling through old letters for information about her family.
