fishing.
The act of catching fish.
Meaning & usage
The act of catching fish.
We had a good day's fishing at the weekend.
The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish.
Commercial fishing: the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale.
This is good news for the fishing industry.
A fishery, a place for catching fish.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English fischynge, equivalent to fish + -ing.
present participle and gerund of fish
Where this word comes from
From fish + -ing.
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