fishing
/ˈfɪʃɪŋ/
fishing noun: the act of catching fish. Also the present participle and gerund of fish.
Noun
fishing (countable and uncountable, plural fishings)
- The act of catching fish.
- We had a good day's fishing at the weekend.
- Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house ; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something ; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.1922, Michael Arlen, “3/19/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days
- The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish.
- Commercial fishing: the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale.
- This is good news for the fishing industry.
- A fishery, a place for catching fish.
- the rent of the fishings1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […]...
- Generally speaking, the only fishings which appear separately in Valuation Rolls as having a lettable value in their actual state from year to year are salmon-fishings.1917, The Scots Law Times, volume 2, page 190
Also used as
fishing is also the present participle and gerund of fish.
fishing meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
fishing in Hindi
- act or sport of catching fish
- मत्स्य पालन matsya pālan, माहीगीरी māhīgīrī
fishing in Tamil
- மீன்பிடித்தல், மீன்பிடி, மீன்பிடிப்பு
fishing in Marathi
- मासेमारी, मासे पकडणे, मासेमारीला
fishing in Urdu
- act or sport of catching fish
- ماہی گِیری māhī gīrī
- business of catching fish
- ماہی گِیری māhī gīrī
More languagesFewer languages
- fishing in Bengali
- মৎস্য শিকার motsśo śikar
- fishing in Telugu
- చేపలు పట్టడం, చేపల వేట, చేపలు పట్టటం
- fishing in Malayalam
- മീൻപിടിത്തം mīṉpiṭittaṁ, മത്സ്യബന്ധനം matsyabandhanaṁ
- fishing in Kannada
- ಮೀನುಗಾರಿಕೆ
- fishing in Punjabi
- ਮੱਛੀ ਫਡ਼ਨਾ, ਮੱਛੀ ਫਡ਼ਨ, ਫਿਸ਼ਿੰਗ
- fishing in Gujarati
- માછીમારી, માછલી પકડવી
- fishing in Odia
- ମାଛଧରା
- fishing in Assamese
- মাছ ধৰা mas dhora, মাছ মাৰা mas mara
- fishing in Nepali
- माछा मार्ने, माछापालन
- fishing in Arabic
- صَيْد سَمَك ṣayd samak, صَيْد ṣayd
- fishing in Indonesian
- memancing, penangkapan ikan, pemancingan
- fishing in Thai
- ประมง bprà-mong, การจับปลา
- fishing in Vietnamese
- câu cá, ngư nghiệp
- fishing in Myanmar
- ငါးဖမ်း nga:hpam:
Examples of fishing in a sentence
- The detective visited the local pubs fishing around for more information.
- The economy was hit by a recession. The hurricane hit his fishing business hard.
- Attach the float and the weight to the fishing line, above the hook.
Synonyms of fishing
- piscatology
- piscation
- piscicide
- piscicapture
- the gentle craft
- fishery
- the fish industry
- the seafood industry
- sportfishing
Forms of fishing
| plural | fishings |
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Origin of fishing
From Middle English fischynge, equivalent to fish + -ing.
From fish + -ing.
Words formed from fishing
- 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
- 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
- surf fishing
Phrases with fishing
Words that rhyme with fishing
Questions about fishing
- What does fishing mean?
- Fishing means the act of catching fish.
- What is fishing in Hindi?
- Fishing in Hindi is मत्स्य पालन (matsya pālan), माहीगीरी (māhīgīrī). See Fishing meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fishing?
- Fishing is a noun.
- How do you pronounce fishing?
- Fishing is pronounced /ˈfɪʃɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of fishing?
- The plural of fishing is fishings.
Words near fishing in the dictionary
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