noun
Meaning 1
The act of catching fish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- We had a good day's fishing at the weekend.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
The act of catching fish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, uncountable
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noun
Commercial fishing: the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
A fishery, a place for catching fish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
present participle and gerund of fish
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
the act of someone who fishes as a diversion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: sportfishing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: outdoor sport, field sport
Narrower terms: angling, casting, cast
noun
the occupation of catching fish for a living
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
History
From Middle English fischynge, equivalent to fish + -ing.
From fish + -ing.
Across languages
162 source translations are retained for this English entry.