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Fishing

//ˈfɪʃɪŋ// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of catching fish. uncountable

    "We had a good day's fishing at the weekend."

  2. 2
    the act of someone who fishes as a diversion wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish. informal, uncountable
  4. 4
    the occupation of catching fish for a living wordnet
  5. 5
    Commercial fishing: the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale. uncountable

    "This is good news for the fishing industry."

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  1. 6
    A fishery, a place for catching fish. countable

    "the rent of the fishings"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of fish form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

From fish + -ing.

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