Definitions for fishing

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fishing fish·ing

Spelling: [fish-ing]

IPA: /ˈfɪʃ ɪŋ/

Fishing is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 75 anagrams from letters in fishing (fghiins).

Definitions for fishing

noun

1. the act of catching fish.
2. the technique, occupation, or diversion of catching fish.
3. a place or facility for catching fish.
4. any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales.
5. (loosely) any of various other aquatic animals.
6. the flesh of fishes used as food.
7. Fishes, Astronomy, Astrology. the constellation or sign of Pisces.
8. Informal. a person:
9. a long strip of wood, iron, etc., used to strengthen a mast, joint, etc.
10. Cards Slang. an incompetent player whose incompetence can be exploited.
11. Slang. a dollar:
12. Slang. a new prison inmate.

Idioms

1. drink like a fish, to drink alcoholic beverages to excess:
2. fish in troubled waters, to take advantage of troubled or uncertain conditions for personal profit.
3. fish or cut bait, to choose a definite course of action, especially to decide whether to participate in or retreat from an activity.
4. fish out of water, a person out of his or her proper or accustomed environment:
5. neither fish nor fowl, having no specific character or conviction; neither one nor the other.
6. other fish to fry, other matters requiring attention:

Verb phrases

1. fish out, to deplete (a lake, stream, etc.) of fish by fishing.

verb (used with object)

1. to catch or attempt to catch (any species of fish or the like).
2. to try to catch fish in (a stream, lake, etc.):
3. to draw, as by fishing (often followed by up or out):
4. to search through, as by fishing.
5. Nautical. to secure (an anchor) by raising the flukes. to reinforce (a mast or other spar) by fastening a spar, batten, metal bar, or the like, lengthwise over a weak place.

verb (used without object)

1. to catch or attempt to catch fish, as by angling or drawing a net.
2. to search carefully:
3. to seek to obtain something indirectly or by artifice:
4. to search for or attempt to catch onto something under water, in mud, etc., by the use of a dredge, rake, hook, or the like.
5. to attempt to recover detached tools or other loose objects from an oil or gas well.

Origin of fishing

First recorded in 1250-1300, fishing is from the Middle English word fisshing. See fish, -ing¹

Examples for fishing

But fishing for rationale in harassment is almost always a waste of time.

Many of their bodies get caught up in fishing nets or disappear forever.

But as it takes away the safety net, their corpses wind up in fishing nets.

Good Indian was not particularly interested in his own fishing.

A fishing vessel's no place for 'em; they'll spoil all our luck.

But we used to go past the town every day fishing in the river.

Sargent said they went skiing in Vail and fishing in Cabo but also talked business.

I remember my first fishing excursion as if it were but yesterday.

Like his old man, he keeps it reined in, but when talking about fishing, a true regret seeps out.

I can't keep my mind on m' fishing—just wondering what the deuce he's after.