seine
noun
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
seines
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pluralof seine.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof seine (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
seinenouna fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
Example Sentences
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Local communities believe that certain fishing practices, such as spearfishing with scuba gear and semi-industrial fishing with purse seines and night lights, are major contributors to the decline of fish stocks.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 2024
Joining a flotilla of competing boats near Point Roberts, the Emancipator initiated a set and then began pulling in its seines.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
Good carbon bargains tend to be seafood caught in midwater trawls and purse seines — nets that don't touch the bottom of the ocean.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2021
For three years researchers working in the Sound of Elsinore, Denmark, sampled fish with traps, seines, gillnets, push nets, fishing poles, bottom trawls, along with visual observations by snorkelers during the day and at night.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 3, 2015
“Oh, the river’s pretty,” he said, “but fishing’s hard work. You try hauling one of those seines up from the bottom sometime and you’ll find out.”
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
