From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
fishing
n 1: the act of someone who fishes as a diversion [syn:
sportfishing]
2: the occupation of catching fish for a living
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fishing \Fish"ing\, n.
1. The act, practice, or art of one who fishes.
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2. A fishery. --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fish \Fish\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fished; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fishing.]
1. To attempt to catch fish; to be employed in taking fish,
by any means, as by angling or drawing a net.
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2. To seek to obtain by artifice, or indirectly to seek to
draw forth; as, to fish for compliments.
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Any other fishing question. --Sir W.
Scott.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fishing \Fish"ing\, a. [From Fishing, n.]
Pertaining to fishing; used in fishery; engaged in fishing;
as, fishing boat; fishing tackle; fishing village.
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Fishing fly, an artificial fly for fishing.
Fishing line, a line used in catching fish.
Fishing net, a net of various kinds for catching fish;
including the bag net, casting net, drag net, landing net,
seine, shrimping net, trawl, etc.
Fishing rod, a long slender rod, to which is attached the
line for angling.
Fishing smack, a sloop or other small vessel used in sea
fishing.
Fishing tackle, apparatus used in fishing, as hook, line,
rod, etc.
Fishing tube (Micros.), a glass tube for selecting a
microscopic object in a fluid.
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