What does fishing mean?
Definitions for fishing
ˈfɪʃ ɪŋfish·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
fishing, sportfishingnoun
the act of someone who fishes as a diversion
fishingnoun
the occupation of catching fish for a living
Wiktionary
fishingnoun
The activity or sport of catching fish from a body of water.
a good day's fishing
fishingnoun
The business of catching fish in large quantities for sale.
the fishing industry
fishingnoun
A place for catching fish.
fishingadjective
Of, or pertaining to fishing.
Webster Dictionary
Fishing
of Fish
Etymology: [From Fishing, n.]
Fishingnoun
the act, practice, or art of one who fishes
Etymology: [From Fishing, n.]
Fishingnoun
a fishery
Etymology: [From Fishing, n.]
Fishingnoun
pertaining to fishing; used in fishery; engaged in fishing; as, fishing boat; fishing tackle; fishing village
Etymology: [From Fishing, n.]
Freebase
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 Wurdz
FISHING
An heroic treatment tried by some laymen to avoid falling asleep in church on Sunday.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
fishing
In taking celestial observations, means the sweeping to find a star or other object when near its approximate place.
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fishing
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Rank popularity for the word 'fishing' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3137
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Rank popularity for the word 'fishing' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3488
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Rank popularity for the word 'fishing' in Nouns Frequency: #1334
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fishing in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fishing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of fishing in a Sentence
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said this bottlenose dolphin was speared to death in May and washed up on shore on Upper Captiva Island in Florida. A reward has been posted for information in the case. ( NOAA) HUNDREDS OF DOLPHINS STRANDED, WASH UP DEAD ALONG US GULF COAST, OFFICIALS SAY The bottlenose dolphin washed up on shore on Upper Captiva Island in May. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the dolphin was known to area biologists when he was alive. He was last observed swimming around fishing boats and was seen with begging dolphins.
You can live a life here. You can have fun here, you can have a great job and go fishing and biking and hiking. The opportunities are abundant.
In North American, most wildlife conservation is paid for by people who buy fishing and hunting licenses and trapping permits.
The goose was ensnarled in fishing line. Its leg literally had a big knot around it and it was having trouble walking.
Eliudi Samizi from Kisimani village:
I have been farming in this area all my life, if someone asks me to stop fishing or farming, what else can I do to feed my family?
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- صيد السمكArabic
- рыба́лкаBelarusian
- pescaCatalan, Valencian
- rybolovCzech
- lystfiskeri, fiskeri, fiskeDanish
- Fischfang, FischenGerman
- ĉasfiŝi, fiŝkapti, fiŝkaptado, fiŝiEsperanto
- pescar, pescaSpanish
- ماهیگیریPersian
- kalastus, kalastusalue, kalastusurheilu, apaja, kalapaikka, kalavedet, urheilukalastus, kalatalousFinnish
- pêcheFrench
- iascaireachtIrish
- halászatHungarian
- ձկնորսություն, ձկնորսականArmenian
- pescaItalian
- 漁業, 釣り, 漁, 釣り場, 漁場Japanese
- ការស្ទូចត្រី, ការនេសាទត្រីKhmer
- 낚시Korean
- zvejasvieta, zvejas vieta, zveja, zvejniecībaLatvian
- риба́рство, рибарски, риболовен, ри́боловMacedonian
- visserij, visvangst, sportvisserij, vissen, stek, hengelsportDutch
- fisking, fiskeNorwegian
- rybacki, rybołówstwo, wędkarstwoPolish
- pescaria, pescaPortuguese
- pescuireRomanian
- рыба́лка, рыболо́вство, [[рыбныйRussian
- fiskevatten, fiske, fiskare, fiskandeSwedish
- риба́лкаUkrainian
- câu cáVietnamese
- 钓鱼Chinese
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