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fish⋅ing

[fish-ing]

–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, -ing ¹

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fish (fĭsh) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. fish or fish·es

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.
The flesh of such animals used as food.
Any of various primitive aquatic vertebrates of the class Cyclostomata, lacking jaws and including the lampreys and hagfishes.
Any of various unrelated aquatic animals, such as a jellyfish, cuttlefish, or crayfish.
Informal A person, especially one considered deficient in something: a poor fish.

v. fished, fish·ing, fish·es

v. intr.

To catch or try to catch fish.
To look for something by feeling one's way; grope: fished in both pockets for a coin.
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.
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.]

fish·ing (fĭsh'ĭng) Pronunciation Key
n.

The act, occupation, or sport of catching fish.
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 River, MO (township, FIPS 04724292)
Location: (39.310451, -94.266476)
Population (2000): 10,764 (4,486 housing units)
Area: 69.801946 sq mi (land), 1.690823 sq mi (water)

Fishing River, MO (township, FIPS 17724310)
Location: (39.339226, -94.173907)
Population (2000): 5,043 (1,924 housing units)
Area: 54.469545 sq mi (land), 0.279845 sq mi (water)

Fishing Creek, NC (township, FIPS 07791108)
Location: (36.282574, -78.589739)
Population (2000): 7,787 (3,157 housing units)
Area: 63.390673 sq mi (land), 0.312489 sq mi (water)

Fishing Creek, NC (township, FIPS 18591112)
Location: (36.302918, -78.004912)
Population (2000): 1,692 (697 housing units)
Area: 48.791473 sq mi (land), 0.018221 sq mi (water)

Fishing Creek, PA (township, FIPS 03726056)
Location: (41.139164, -76.350042)
Population (2000): 1,393 (711 housing units)
Area: 28.521084 sq mi (land), 0.006041 sq mi (water)

Township 5, Lower Fishing, NC (Creek, FIPS 06593484)
Location: (36.004326, -77.574676)
Population (2000): 1,294 (534 housing units)
Area: 35.271226 sq mi (land), 0.022528 sq mi (water)

Township 6, Upper Fishing, NC (Creek, FIPS 06593544)
Location: (36.096435, -77.655990)
Population (2000): 1,540 (650 housing units)
Area: 54.918116 sq mi (land), 0.041475 sq mi (water)

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Fishing

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

2. A fishery. --Spenser.

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.