FISHING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fishing mean? 

• FISHING (noun)
  The noun FISHING has 2 senses:

1. the act of someone who fishes as a diversion

2. the occupation of catching fish for a living

  Familiarity information: FISHING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FISHING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of someone who fishes as a diversion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

fishing; sportfishing

Hypernyms ("fishing" is a kind of...):

field sport; outdoor sport (a sport that is played outdoors)

Domain member category:

bite ((angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fishing"):

angling (fishing with a hook and line (and usually a pole))

cast; casting (the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel)

Derivation:

fish (catch or try to catch fish or shellfish)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The occupation of catching fish for a living

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("fishing" is a kind of...):

business; business enterprise; commercial enterprise (the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects)

Derivation:

fish (catch or try to catch fish or shellfish)

 Context examples 

There will be a no fishing zone of 1.12 million square kilometers.

(Deal Reached to Create World's Largest Marine Reserve in Antarctica, VOA News)

To date, the most profound impact on the marine environment has come from fishing.

(Oceans running out of oxygen at unprecedented rate, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

It was the end of the day, and Moti was coming home from the fishing.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Some of these reefs were in areas where fishing was prohibited and some were not.

(Voracious fish defend coral reefs against warming, Wikinews)

A class of professional or vocational positions of employment that involve farming, fishing or forestry.

(Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations, NCI Thesaurus)

There is a third cross-road where the track from Boldre runs down to the old fishing village of Pitt's Deep.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She was at the fishing up of the wrecked plate ships.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

He walked on first, carrying a part of the fishing tackle, and his companions followed him at some distance.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

“Are you fishing?” she asked him.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

“Always fishing for motives, when they're on the surface! Why, to make the child happy and useful.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)