- present participle of fish.
fishing
Americannoun
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the act of catching fish.
Fishing is not allowed in this park.
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the technique, occupation, or diversion of catching fish.
A day at sea with Floyd has greatly improved my fishing.
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the conditions for catching fish.
The fishing is exceptionally good today.
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Archaic. a place or facility for catching fish.
noun
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the occupation of catching fish
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( as modifier )
a fishing match
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another word for piscary
Etymology
Origin of fishing
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English fisshing; see origin at fish, -ing 1
Vocabulary lists containing fishing
Example Sentences
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"Man, imagine 10, 15, 20 years to come, what we going to have," Duwai said after a fishing trip one night yielded only tiny, juvenile fish.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
The three men, who are all from Lewis, had been fishing in a boat called Kilda.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
After a series of drone attacks on ships off the coast, the conflict in Ukraine has taken on a new immediacy for residents of Krapets, a tiny Bulgarian Black Sea fishing village.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
"I'm fishing and I'm able to get out and about. I'm able to go out with my friends again and enjoy myself, albeit not to the same extent, but I'm still happy."
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
There are pieces of old fishing lines, nets, bottles.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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