Meanings
fishing1
nounfishing (countable and uncountable, plural fishings)
plural fishings
- uncountableThe act of catching fish.
We had a good day's fishing at the weekend.
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Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house ; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something ; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.
1922, Michael Arlen, “3/19/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days - countableA fishery, a place for catching fish.
the rent of the fishings
1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […] (Ancient Irish Histories), Dublin: […] Society of Stationers, […] Hibernia Press, […] [b]y John Morrison, 1809, →OCLC1 more example
Generally speaking, the only fishings which appear separately in Valuation Rolls as having a lettable value in their actual state from year to year are salmon-fishings.
1917, The Scots Law Times, volume 2, page 190
fishing2
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of fish
Synonyms & antonyms
act
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Origin
fishing · noun
- Middle Englishfischynge
- Englishfishing
From Middle English fischynge, equivalent to fish + -ing.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans visvang
- visvangbusiness of catching fish
Ancient Greek ἁλιευτική, ἁλιεία
- ἁλιευτική (halieutikḗ)act or sport of catching fish
- ἁλιεία (halieía)act or sport of catching fish
Arabic صَيْد سَمَك, صَيْد
- صَيْد سَمَك (ṣayd samak)act or sport of catching fish
- صَيْد (ṣayd)act or sport of catching fish
Basque arrantza
- arrantzaact or sport of catching fish
Bengali মৎস্য শিকার
- মৎস্য শিকার (motsśo śikar)act or sport of catching fish
Bulgarian риболо́в
- риболо́в (ribolóv)act or sport of catching fish
Catalan pesca, pesca
- pescaact or sport of catching fish
- pescabusiness of catching fish
Chinese Mandarin 釣魚 /钓鱼, 漁業 /渔业
- 釣魚 /钓鱼 (diàoyú)act or sport of catching fish
- 漁業 /渔业 (yúyè)business of catching fish
Czech rybolov, rybolov
- rybolovact or sport of catching fish
- rybolovbusiness of catching fish
Danish fiskeri, lystfiskeri
- fiskeriact or sport of catching fish
- lystfiskeriact or sport of catching fish
- fiskeribusiness of catching fish
Dutch vissen, sportvisserij
- vissenact or sport of catching fish
- sportvisserijact or sport of catching fish
- hengelsportact or sport of catching fish
- visserijbusiness of catching fish
- stekplace for catching fish
Esperanto fiŝkapti, fiŝkaptado
- fiŝkaptiact or sport of catching fish
- fiŝkaptadobusiness of catching fish
Estonian kalapüük, kalastamine
- kalapüükact or sport of catching fish
- kalastamineact or sport of catching fish
Finnish kalastus, kalastusurheilu
- kalastusact or sport of catching fish
- kalastusurheiluact or sport of catching fish
- urheilukalastusact or sport of catching fish
- kalastusbusiness of catching fish
- kalatalousbusiness of catching fish
- kalapaikkaplace for catching fish
- apajaplace for catching fish
- kalavedetplace for catching fish
- kalastusalueplace for catching fish
French pêche, pêche
- pêcheact or sport of catching fish
- pêchebusiness of catching fish
German Fischen, Fischfang
- Fischenact or sport of catching fish
- Fischfangbusiness of catching fish
Greek αλιεία
- αλιεία (alieía)act or sport of catching fish
Hebrew דַיִג
- דַיִג (dáyig)act or sport of catching fish
Hindi मत्स्य पालन, माहीगीरी
- मत्स्य पालन (matsya pālan)act or sport of catching fish
- माहीगीरी (māhīgīrī)act or sport of catching fish
Hungarian halászat, halászat
- halászatact or sport of catching fish
- halászatbusiness of catching fish
Icelandic veiði, fiskirí
- veiðiact or sport of catching fish
- fiskiríact or sport of catching fish
- fiskveiðiact or sport of catching fish
Indonesian memancing, penangkapan ikan
- memancingact or sport of catching fish
- penangkapan ikanbusiness of catching fish
- pemancinganplace for catching fish
Irish iascaireacht
- iascaireachtact or sport of catching fish
Italian pesca
- pescaact or sport of catching fish
Japanese 釣り, 漁
- 釣り (tsuri)act or sport of catching fish
- 漁 (ryō)business of catching fish
- 漁業 (gyogyō)business of catching fish
- 釣り場 (tsuriba)place for catching fish
- 漁場 (ryōba)place for catching fish
Korean 낚시, 어업
- 낚시 (naksi)act or sport of catching fish
- 어업 (eo'eop)business of catching fish
Latvian zveja, zvejniecība
- zvejaact or sport of catching fish
- zvejniecībabusiness of catching fish
- zvejas vietaplace for catching fish
- zvejasvietaplace for catching fish
Lithuanian žūklė, žvejyba
- žūklėact or sport of catching fish
- žvejybaact or sport of catching fish
Norwegian Bokmål fiske, fisking
- fiskeact or sport of catching fish
- fiskingact or sport of catching fish
- fiskebusiness of catching fish
- fiskeribusiness of catching fish
- fiskingbusiness of catching fish
Polish wędkarstwo, rybołówstwo
- wędkarstwoact or sport of catching fish
- rybołówstwobusiness of catching fish
- rybactwobusiness of catching fish
Portuguese pescaria, pesca
- pescariaact or sport of catching fish
- pescaact or sport of catching fish
- pescabusiness of catching fish
Romanian pescuire, pescuire
- pescuireact or sport of catching fish
- pescuirebusiness of catching fish
- pescăriebusiness of catching fish
Russian рыба́лка, ры́бная ло́вля
- рыба́лка (rybálka)act or sport of catching fish
- ры́бная ло́вля (rýbnaja lóvlja)act or sport of catching fish
- рыболо́вство (rybolóvstvo)business of catching fish
- ры́бная ло́вля (rýbnaja lóvlja)business of catching fish
Slovak rybolov, rybolov
- rybolovact or sport of catching fish
- rybolovbusiness of catching fish
Spanish pesca, pesquería
- pescaact or sport of catching fish
- pesqueríaact or sport of catching fish
- pescabusiness of catching fish
- pesqueríabusiness of catching fish
- pesqueríaplace for catching fish
- pesqueraplace for catching fish
Swedish fiske, fiskande
- fiskeact or sport of catching fish
- fiskandeact or sport of catching fish
- fiskebusiness of catching fish
- fiskandebusiness of catching fish
- fiskevattenplace for catching fish
Thai ประมง, การจับปลา
- ประมง (bprà-mong)act or sport of catching fish
- การจับปลาbusiness of catching fish
Turkish balıkçılık, balık tutma
- balıkçılıkact or sport of catching fish
- balık tutmaact or sport of catching fish
- balıkçılıkbusiness of catching fish
Ukrainian риба́лка, риболо́вля
- риба́лка (rybálka)act or sport of catching fish
- риболо́вля (rybolóvlja)act or sport of catching fish
- риба́льство (rybálʹstvo)act or sport of catching fish
- риба́льство (rybálʹstvo)business of catching fish
Urdu ماہی گِیری, ماہی گِیری
- ماہی گِیری (māhī gīrī)act or sport of catching fish
- ماہی گِیری (māhī gīrī)business of catching fish
Vietnamese câu cá, ngư nghiệp
- câu cáact or sport of catching fish
- ngư nghiệpbusiness of catching fish
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