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fishing

29 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. fishing (noun)
  2. fish (verb)
  3. fishing banks (noun plural)
  4. fishing bear (noun)
  5. fishing cat (noun)
  6. fishing duck (noun)
  7. fishing eagle (noun)
  8. fishing expedition (noun)
  9. fishing float (noun)
  10. fishing frog (noun)
  11. fishing ground (noun)
  12. fishing pole (noun)
  13. fishing rod (noun)
  14. fishing space (noun)
  15. fishing tool (noun)
  16. fishing wand (noun)
  17. fishing worm (noun)
  18. bottom-fishing (noun)
  19. fixed-spool fishing (noun)
  20. float fishing (noun)
  21. fly-fishing (noun)
  22. greased line fishing (noun)
  23. ice fishing (noun)
  24. jack fishing (noun)
  25. spin fishing (noun)
  26. thread-line fishing (noun)
  27. fish out (verb)
  28. fish owl (noun)
  29. whale fishery (noun)

fish·ing

noun \ˈfi-shiŋ\

Definition of FISHING

1
: the sport or business of catching fish
2
: a place for catching fish
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Examples of FISHING

  1. The fishing was pretty good today.
  2. I'm going fishing this weekend.

First Known Use of FISHING

13th century

Other Hunting and Fishing Terms

chum, covert, creel, flense, pitfall, seine, skulk, spoor, trawl

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