fishing
noun (fishing — uncountable); also the -ing form of the verb fish (fish, fishes, fished, fishing)
Everyday
- Catching fish, as a hobby or as a job: go fishing. tree →
- (verb, informal) Trying to get something indirectly, such as information or praise: fishing for compliments. tree →
- Searching for something with your hand: she was fishing in her bag for her keys. tree →
In the lessons
Everyday: «go fishing», «fishing rod», «fishing boat», «fishing line», «fishing net». Geography and history: fishing towns and the fishing industry. In The Wind in the Willows the river animals fish, and the Otter knows the best places. Safety: wear a life jacket on boats and be careful of hooks.
Examples
- Grandad takes me fishing on Saturdays. tree →
- The fishing boats came back with full nets. tree →
- She bought a new fishing rod. tree →
- Otter was out fishing on the river. tree →
- He was fishing in his pocket for a coin. tree →
- Stop fishing for compliments! tree →
- Fishing is an important job in Newfoundland. tree →
- Our town grew up as a fishing village. tree →
- Spring came, and the fishing began. tree →
Note
As a noun it is uncountable: «a lot of fishing», not «fishings». Phrases: go fishing, fishing trip. «Fishy» (adjective) means suspicious.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «fishing» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «fishing» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/fishing/