'Fishing' definitions:
Definition of 'fishing'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of someone who fishes as a diversion [syn: fishing, sportfishing]
noun
The occupation of catching fish for a living
Definition of 'Fishing'
From: GCIDE
- Fish \Fish\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fished; p. pr. & vb. n. Fishing.]
- 1. To attempt to catch fish; to be employed in taking fish, by any means, as by angling or drawing a net. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To seek to obtain by artifice, or indirectly to seek to draw forth; as, to fish for compliments. [1913 Webster]
- Any other fishing question. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Fishing'
From: GCIDE
- Fishing \Fish"ing\, n.
- 1. The act, practice, or art of one who fishes. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A fishery. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Fishing'
From: GCIDE
- Fishing \Fish"ing\, a. [From Fishing, n.] Pertaining to fishing; used in fishery; engaged in fishing; as, fishing boat; fishing tackle; fishing village. [1913 Webster]
- Fishing fly, an artificial fly for fishing.
- Fishing line, a line used in catching fish.
- Fishing net, a net of various kinds for catching fish; including the bag net, casting net, drag net, landing net, seine, shrimping net, trawl, etc.
- Fishing rod, a long slender rod, to which is attached the line for angling.
- Fishing smack, a sloop or other small vessel used in sea fishing.
- Fishing tackle, apparatus used in fishing, as hook, line, rod, etc.
- Fishing tube (Micros.), a glass tube for selecting a microscopic object in a fluid. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fishing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- angling,
- casting,
- cynegetic,
- delving,
- digging,
- fishery,
- fly fishing,
- following,
- guddling,
- halieutic,
- harpooning,
- hunting,
- in full cry,
- in hot pursuit,
- in pursuit,
- in search of,
- jigging,
- loaded for bear,
- looking for,
- nosy,
- out for,
- out for bear,
- piscation,
- piscatorial,
- piscatory,
- poking,
- probing,
- prying,
- pursuant,
- pursuing,
- questing,
- rod and reel,
- searching,
- seeking,
- still-fishing,
- trawling,
- trolling,
- whaling
Words containing 'Fishing'
- -fish,
- -fishes,
- Fish,
- Fished,
- Fishes,
- Fishful,
- fish for,
- Age of Fishes,
- Angel fish,
- Balance fish,
- Band fish,
- Banner fish,
- Barber fish,
- Basket fish,
- Bellows fish,
- Bony fish,
- Bottle fish,
- Bur fish,
- Butterfly fish,
- Cigar fish,
- Cobbler fish,
- Coffer fish,
- Coral fish,
- Cuckoo fish,
- Date fish,
- Doctor fish,
- Dollar fish,
- Dragon fish,
- Electrical fish,
- Elephant fish,
- Emerald fish,
- Fiddle fish,
- Fighting fish,
- Fish Hawk,
- Fish ball,
- Fish bar,
- Fish beam,
- Fish crow,
- Fish culture,
- Fish davit,
- Fish day,
- Fish duck,
- Fish fall,
- Fish garth,
- Fish glue,
- Fish joint,
- Fish kettle,
- Fish ladder,
- Fish line,
- Fish louse,
- Fish maw,
- Fish meal,
- Fish oil,
- Fish owl,
- Fish plate,
- Fish pot,
- Fish pound,
- Fish slice,
- Fish slide,
- Fish sound,
- Fish story,
- Fish strainer,
- Fish torpedo,
- Fish trowel,
- Fish wear,
- Fish weir,
- Fishing fly,
- Fishing line,
- Fishing net,
- Fishing rod,
- Fishing smack,
- Fishing tackle,
- Fishing tube,
- Fly fishing,
- Flying fish,
- Garter fish,
- Gorge fishing,
- Ground fish,
- Hammer fish,
- Harvest fish,
- Hedgehog fish,
- Human fish,
- Lance fish,
- Land fish,
- Mango fish,
- Margate fish,
- Mermaid fish,
- Musical fish,
- Mutton fish,
- Paradise fish,
- Parrot fish,
- Peacock fish,
- Pelican fish,
- Peter's fish,
- Pilot fish,
- Porcupine fish,
- Pudding fish,
- Rabbit fish,
- Rapier fish,
- Razor fish,
- Ribbon fish,
- Rudder fish,
- Saber fish,
- Sabre fish,
- Sacred fish,
- Salt fish,
- Scabbard fish,
- Scarlet fish,
- Serpent fish,
- Singing fish,
- Soldier fish,
- Southern Fish,
- Spillet fishing,
- Spilliard fishing,
- Squirrel fish,
- Strawberry fish,
- Sucker fish,
- Sucking fish,
- Suleah fish,
- Surf fish,
- Surgeon fish,
- Tadpole fish,
- Tamarind fish,
- Telescope fish,
- To fish the anchor,
- Tobias fish,
- Tree fish,
- Trigger fish,
- Trumpet fish,
- Unicorn fish,
- Urchin fish,
- Viper fish,
- Viviparous fish,
- Walking fish,
- Wolf fish,
- anemone fish,
- angel fishes,
- angler fish,
- ball fish,
- balloon fish,
- barrel fish,
- big fish,
- blennioid fish,
- bottom fish,
- brook fish,
- buffalo fish,
- bultow fishing,
- carangid fish,
- cartilaginous fish,
- characin fish,
- cichlid fish,
- clinid fish,
- clupeid fish,
- cold fish,
- convict fish,
- coral fishes,
- crucifix fish,
- cutlass fish,
- cyprinid fish,
- cypriniform fish,
- fish and chips,
- fish bowl,
- fish cake,
- fish chowder,
- fish doctor,
- fish eagle,
- fish family,
- fish farm,
- fish filet,
- fish fillet,
- fish finger,
- fish fly,
- fish fry,
- fish fuddle,
- fish genus,
- fish geranium,
- fish knife,
- fish loaf,
- fish lure,
- fish mousse,
- fish out of water,
- fish scale,
- fish species,
- fish steak,
- fish stew,
- fish stick,
- fish tank,
- fishing boat,
- fishing eagle,
- fishing expedition,
- fishing gear,
- fishing licence,
- fishing license,
- fishing permit,
- fishing pole,
- fishing rig,
- fishing season,
- fishing the art of,
- fishing vessel,
- fishing worm,
- flame fish,
- flashlight fish,
- food fish,
- fresh fish,
- freshwater fish,
- frost fish,
- gadoid fish,
- game fish,
- ganoid fish,
- gefilte fish,
- go fish,
- golden fish,
- gunnel fish,
- handsaw fish,
- jawless fish,
- kettle of fish,
- lancet fish,
- lizard fish,
- lookdown fish,
- may fish,
- net fish,
- odd fish,
- onion fish,
- oyster fish,
- percoid fish,
- pisces the fishes,
- plectognath fish,
- poeciliid fish,
- polly fish,
- poor fish,
- porcupine fishes,
- rainbow fish,
- rattail fish,
- rough fish,
- saltwater fish,
- sargassum fish,
- sciaenid fish,
- scombroid fish,
- scorpaenid fish,
- scorpaenoid fish,
- scorpion fish,
- sergeant fish,
- serranid fish,
- silurid fish,
- siluriform fish,
- skillet fish,
- snipe fish,
- sparid fish,
- sport fish,
- striped fish,
- stromateid fish,
- surf fishing,
- teleost fish,
- trawl fishing,
- tuna fish,
- walking fishes,
- white fish,
- worm fish,
- young fish,
- Fish Hawk, FL,
- Fish-bellied,
- Fish-block,
- Fish-tackle,
- Fish-tail,
- Fly-fish,
- Half-fish,
- Neither fish nor flesh,
- Neither fish nor fowl,
- Saint Peter's fish,
- Sea woodcock fish,
- St Peter's fish,
- biplane flying fish,
- black rudder fish,
- clown anemone fish,
- creole-fish,
- doctor-fish,
- fine kettle of fish,
- fish house punch,
- fish-fly,
- fish-worship,
- fly-fishing,
- jackknife-fish,
- monoplane flying fish,
- oyster-fish,
- pearl-fish,
- pork-fish,
- puff-fish,
- razor-fish,
- shrimp-fish,
- snake-fish,
- soldier-fish,
- still-fish,
- thread-fish,
- tongue-fish,
- tuna fish salad,
- Fish-tail burner,
- Fish-tail propeller,
- Tobacco-pipe fish,
- fish-liver oil,
- lobe-finned fish,
- long-line fishing,
- rat-tail fish,
- soft-finned fish,
- spiny-finned fish,
- us fish and wildlife service,
- four-wing flying fish,
- two-wing flying fish,
- united states fish and wildlife service