[General] drag the canal

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'They found the man's body after dragging the canal.'

What does "drag" mean in the sentence above?
 
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It means "using equipment to search the bottom of a body of water".
 
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kompstar, you could have found that out from most of the dictionaries here.

(Everybody should bookmark that website for future reference.)
 
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