fishing

[ fish-ing ]
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noun
  1. the act of catching fish: Fishing is not allowed in this park.

  2. the technique, occupation, or diversion of catching fish: A day at sea with Floyd has greatly improved my fishing.

  1. the conditions for catching fish: The fishing is exceptionally good today.

  2. Archaic. a place or facility for catching fish.

Origin of fishing

1
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English fisshing; see origin at fish, -ing1

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How to use fishing in a sentence

  • I had nothing to show for the later fishings, but I could feel that God was good and my memory unimpaired.

    Fishing With The Fly | Charles F. Orvis and Others
  • The means by which sasses or flood-gates are allowed in fishings on navigable rivers.

    The Sailor's Word-Book | William Henry Smyth
  • These nets of yours are unlawful—they spoil our fishings—we will have them down at all risks and hazards.

    Red Gauntlet | Sir Walter Scott
  • The layer liquors are received from and returned to the leaches, which are made from the "fishings" from the layers.

    Animal Proteins | Hugh Garner Bennett
  • I brought some of them back, too, from their deer-forests and fishings in double-quick time.

    The Angel of Pain | E. F. Benson

British Dictionary definitions for fishing

fishing

/ (ˈfɪʃɪŋ) /


noun
    • the occupation of catching fish

    • (as modifier): a fishing match

  1. another word for piscary (def. 2)

Other words from fishing

  • Related adjective: piscatorial

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