Definition

1. Verb:
   • To draw up a net: The action of pulling a net, typically a fishing net, out of the water or towards oneself.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Ngư dân đang kéo lưới lên thuyền. (The fishermen are drawing up the net onto the boat.)
  • Sau khi thả lưới, họ phải đợi một lúc rồi mới kéo lưới lên. (After casting the net, they have to wait a while before drawing it up.)

Advanced Usage

• This verb is specific to the context of fishing or using nets for catching. It implies a deliberate, often labor-intensive, pulling action to retrieve the net and its contents.

Variants and Related Words

• Thả lưới (verb): To cast a net; to let a net down into the water. (The opposite action of ).
• Lưới (noun): Net.
• Kéo (verb): To pull, to drag. (The general verb from which is formed).

Synonyms

• Kéo lên (verb phrase): To pull up. (A more general term that can be used in similar contexts).
• Thu lưới (verb): To gather/retrieve the net. (A synonym with a similar meaning).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Kéo lưới vào bờ: To draw the net to shore.
  • Chiếc thuyền nhỏ đang cố gắng kéo lưới vào bờ. (The small boat is trying to draw the net to shore.)

Related Idioms

• While itself is not typically an idiom, it is a standard compound verb. An idiom related to fishing with nets is "được mùa cá" (to have a bountiful fish harvest), which is the desired result of .

verb

1. to draw up a net