English Explanatory Dictionary

fishing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of catching fish.
  2. The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish.
  3. Commercial fishing: the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale.
  4. A fishery, a place for catching fish.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of fish

Pronunciation

/ˈfɪʃɪŋ/ En-us-fishing.ogg

Word forms

fishing fishings

Etymology

From Middle English fischynge, equivalent to fish + -ing.

Synonyms

piscatology piscation piscicide piscicapture the gentle craft fishery the fish industry the seafood industry sportfishing

Related words

halieutically halieutics piscatology piscatorious piscatory piscatorial piscatorical piscatorian piscatorially

Derived words

antifishing bottom-fishing compliment fishing cormorant fishing cyanide fishing drift fishing electrofishing fishing eagle fishing frog fishingly fishing net fishing owl Fishing Point fishing room fishing-smack fishing-tube fishing worm fly fishing fly-fishing gone fishing gorge fishing ice fishing Jonah fishing line fishing mucus fishing syndrome nonfishing rodfishing shellfishing skishing spearfishing bottom fishing fishing boat fishing cat fishing expedition fishing ground fishing hook fishing line fishing pole fishing rod fishing space fishing vessel magnet fishing phishing sportfishing sportsfishing
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