arrastre

n. pull; simple ore grinding mill (Mexico)

v. drag, haul; be pulled; creep; grovel; trail; blow away; wash down

(n.)
A rude apparatus for pulverizing ores, esp. those containing free gold.
  

Guitar playing technique. Dragging the ring finger (a) up the strings from treble to bass.

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* barco dedicado a la pesca de arrastre = fishing trawler.

= haul, lug off, sweep along, tow, drag, sweep + Nombre + away, lug.
Ex: However, he would prefer a binding that will stand up to being stuffed into after-hours book drops and being hauled from one library to another.
Ex: The whole affair, assembled and compressed, could be lugged off in a moving van.
Ex: What has happened is that yet another institution has so overlapped with our own that we are being swept along on the tide of the technological revolution.
Ex: 'Sit down please,' he bade her and she towed a chair over to his desk.
Ex: Users can either select a pull-down menu and enter search terms in a text box or highlight and drag text into the search box from other applications including electronic mail.
Ex: The stream suddenly swept him away, and it was only by a stroke of luck that they found him.
Ex: He had a tough time lugging his lumpy, oversized travelbag onto the plane and stuffing it in the overhead bin.
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* agua + arrastrar = wash away.
* arrastrando los pies = shuffling.
* arrastrar al mar = wash out to + sea.
* arrastrarse = crawl.
* arrastrar y pegar = drag and drop.
* corriente + arrastrar = wash up.
* introducir arrastrando = haul in.
* sacar arrastrando = haul out.