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fish·ing       [fish-ing] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the act of catching fish.
2.the technique, occupation, or diversion of catching fish.
3.a place or facility for catching fish.
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME fisshing. See fish, -ing1]
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fish       (fĭsh)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. fish or fish·es
  1. Any of numerous cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates of the superclass Pisces, characteristically having fins, gills, and a streamlined body and including specifically:
    1. Any of the class Osteichthyes, having a bony skeleton.
    2. Any of the class Chondrichthyes, having a cartilaginous skeleton and including the sharks, rays, and skates.
  2. The flesh of such animals used as food.
  3. Any of various primitive aquatic vertebrates of the class Cyclostomata, lacking jaws and including the lampreys and hagfishes.
  4. Any of various unrelated aquatic animals, such as a jellyfish, cuttlefish, or crayfish.
  5. Informal A person, especially one considered deficient in something: a poor fish.

v.   fished, fish·ing, fish·es

v.   intr.
  1. To catch or try to catch fish.
  2. To look for something by feeling one's way; grope: fished in both pockets for a coin.
  3. To seek something in a sly or indirect way: fish for compliments.

v.   tr.
    1. To catch or try to catch (fish).
    2. To catch or try to catch fish in: fish mountain streams.
  2. To catch or pull as if fishing: deftly fished the corn out of the boiling water.

Phrasal Verb(s):
fish out
To deplete (a lake, for example) of fish by fishing.

Idiom(s):
fish in troubled waters
To try to take advantage of a confused situation.

Idiom(s):
fish or cut bait Informal
To proceed with an activity or abandon it altogether.

Idiom(s):
like a fish out of water
Completely unfamiliar with one's surroundings or activity.

Idiom(s):
neither fish nor fowl
Having no specific characteristics; indefinite.

Idiom(s):
other fish to fry Informal
Other matters to attend to: He declined to come along to the movie, saying he had other fish to fry.

[Middle English, from Old English fisc.]

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fish·ing       (fĭsh'ĭng)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The act, occupation, or sport of catching fish.
  2. A place for catching fish.

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fishing

noun
1. the act of someone who fishes as a diversion 
2. the occupation of catching fish for a living 

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Fishing Bridge, WY Zip code(s): 82190

Fishing Creek, MD Zip code(s): 21634

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Fishing

Fish"ing\, n. 1. The act, practice, or art of one who fishes.

2. A fishery. --Spenser.

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Fishing

Fish"ing\, a. [From Fishing, n.] Pertaining to fishing; used in fishery; engaged in fishing; as, fishing boat; fishing tackle; fishing village.

Fishing fly, an artificial fly for fishing.

Fishing line, a line used in catching fish.

Fishing net, a net of various kinds for catching fish; including the bag net, casting net, drag net, landing net, seine, shrimping net, trawl, etc.

Fishing rod, a long slender rod, to which is attached the line for angling.

Fishing smack, a sloop or other small vessel used in sea fishing.

Fishing tackle, apparatus used in fishing, as hook, line, rod, etc.

Fishing tube (Micros.), a glass tube for selecting a microscopic object in a fluid.

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