fishing

Meanings

Plural: fishings

Noun

• the act of someone who fishes as a diversion
• the occupation of catching fish for a living
• The act of catching fish.
• 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.
• A fishery, a place for catching fish.

Verb

• seek indirectly
• catch or try to catch fish or shellfish
  • "I like to go fishing on weekends"
• present participle and gerund of fish

Synonyms

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

Related Words

halieutically, halieutics, piscatology, piscatorial, piscatorially, piscatorian, piscatorical, piscatorious, piscatory