Fishing
['fɪʃɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the act of someone who fishes as a diversion.
(noun.) the occupation of catching fish for a living.
Inputed by Claude--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fish
(n.) The act, practice, or art of one who fishes.
(n.) A fishery.
(n.) Pertaining to fishing; used in fishery; engaged in fishing; as, fishing boat; fishing tackle; fishing village.
Checker: Sigmund
Unserious Contents or Definition
An heroic treatment tried by some laymen to avoid falling asleep in church on Sunday.
Edited by Everett
Examples
- Thank you, I prefer spiders, she replied, fishing up two unwary little ones who had gone to a creamy death. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The hunters of the third and last stage of the later Pal?olithic Age appear to have supplemented a diminishing food supply by fishing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Now,' was his debate with himself 'shall I foller you on, or shall I let you loose for this once, and go a fishing? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He walked on first, carrying a part of the fishing tackle, and his companions followed him at some distance. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- We went in, Wemmick leaving his fishing-rod in the porch, and looked all round. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Why is it Necessary to Keep Unusually Quiet when Fishing? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Going a fishing. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- In very early times men must have used some kinds of cords or lines for fishing, for tying animals, at times for tying men. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Have you been fishing? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The fishing scheme had been renewed the day before, and a positive engagement made of his meeting some of the gentlemen at Pemberley before noon. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- But I am not fishing; don't compliment me. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- She led me behind some boats, out of sight and hearing of the few people in the fishing-village, and then stopped, and faced me for the first time. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I went down once with my father and two assistants for a little fishing inside Sandy Hook. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Diving, aside from the pleasure afforded to good swimmers, is important in many different industries, particularly in fishing for pearls, corals, sponges, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Bless you, Casaubon has got a trout-stream, and does not care about fishing in it himself: could there be a better fellow? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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