Definitions for fishing
ˈfɪʃ ɪŋfish·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.3 / 3 votes

1. fishing, sportfishingnoun

   the act of someone who fishes as a diversion

2. fishingnoun

   the occupation of catching fish for a living

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fishingnoun

   The activity or sport of catching fish from a body of water.

   a good day's fishing

2. fishingnoun

   The business of catching fish in large quantities for sale.

   the fishing industry

3. fishingnoun

   A place for catching fish.

4. fishingadjective

   Of, or pertaining to fishing.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fishingnoun

   Commodity of taking fish.

   Etymology: from fish.

   There also would be planted a good town, having both a good haven and a plentiful fishing. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fishing

   Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are often caught as wildlife from the natural environment, but may also be caught from stocked bodies of water such as ponds, canals, park wetlands and reservoirs. Fishing techniques include hand-gathering, spearing, netting, angling, shooting and trapping, as well as more destructive and often illegal techniques such as electrocution, blasting and poisoning. The term fishing broadly includes catching aquatic animals other than fish, such as crustaceans (shrimp/lobsters/crabs), shellfish, cephalopods (octopus/squid) and echinoderms (starfish/sea urchins). The term is not normally applied to harvesting fish raised in controlled cultivations (fish farming). Nor is it normally applied to hunting aquatic mammals, where terms like whaling and sealing are used instead. Fishing has been an important part of human culture since hunter-gatherer times, and is one of the few food production activities that have persisted from prehistory into modern age, surviving both the Neolithic Revolution and successive Industrial Revolutions. In addition to being caught to be eaten for food, fish are caught as recreational pastimes. Fishing tournaments are held, and caught fish are sometimes kept long-term as preserved or living trophies. When bioblitzes occur, fish are typically caught, identified, and then released. According to the United Nations FAO statistics, the total number of commercial fishers and fish farmers is estimated to be 38 million. Fishing industries and aquaculture provide direct and indirect employment to over 500 million people in developing countries. In 2005, the worldwide per capita consumption of fish captured from wild fisheries was 14.4 kilograms (32 lb), with an additional 7.4 kilograms (16 lb) harvested from fish farms.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fishing

   Fishing is the activity of catching fish in a body of water using various techniques such as using a fishing rod and reel, nets, traps, or spears. It is both a recreational activity and a means of sustenance for many communities worldwide.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Fishing

   of Fish

2. Fishingnoun

   the act, practice, or art of one who fishes

3. Fishingnoun

   a fishery

4. Fishingnoun

   pertaining to fishing; used in fishery; engaged in fishing; as, fishing boat; fishing tackle; fishing village

5. Etymology: [From Fishing, n.]

WikidataRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. Fishing

   Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping. The term fishing may be applied to catching other aquatic animals such as molluscs, cephalopods, crustaceans, and echinoderms. The term is not normally applied to catching farmed fish, or to aquatic mammals, such as whales, where the term whaling is more appropriate. According to FAO statistics, the total number of commercial fishermen and fish farmers is estimated to be 38 million. Fisheries and aquaculture provide direct and indirect employment to over 500 million people. In 2005, the worldwide per capita consumption of fish captured from wild fisheries was 14.4 kilograms, with an additional 7.4 kilograms harvested from fish farms. In addition to providing food, modern fishing is also a recreational pastime.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon WurdzRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. FISHING

   An heroic treatment tried by some laymen to avoid falling asleep in church on Sunday.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. fishing

   In taking celestial observations, means the sweeping to find a star or other object when near its approximate place.

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1. fishing

   The fishing symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the fishing symbol and its characteristic.

Matched Categories

1. • Commercial Enterprise

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'fishing' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3137

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'fishing' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3488

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'fishing' in Nouns Frequency: #1334

How to pronounce fishing?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say fishing in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fishing in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fishing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of fishing in a Sentence

1. Serhiy Alyoshin:

   It’s mostly people taking them home for the sake of it, some say ‘I forgot’, some say ‘It’s for fishing’ or ‘It’s a present for a friend’ and then we hear about these things blowing up in apartments, in yards and on the street. It’s a threat to national security.

2. Henry David Thoreau:

   Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it; but while I drink, I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains. I would drink deeper; fish fill the sky, whose bottom is pebbly with stars. I cannot count one. I know not the first letter of the alphabet. I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born.

3. Roy Firestone:

   Your brother lost his leg in a tragic bass fishing accident.

4. Tala Dieng:

   We've seen a lot of lives and livelihoods lost in the fishing and farming industries because of adverse weather conditions and poor planning, this service helps reduce their losses.

5. Jimmy Cannon:

   Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fishing
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fishing
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=fishing
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fishing
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=fishing
8. ^ The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1989/pg1989-images.html#:~:text=fishing
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=fishing