fishing

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɪʃɪŋ/ Rhymes: -ɪʃɪŋ Homophone: phishing === Etymology 1 === From Middle English fischynge, equivalent to fish +‎ -ing. ==== Noun ==== fishing (countable and uncountable, plural fishings) (uncountable) The act of catching fish. (uncountable, informal) The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish. (uncountable) Commercial fishing: the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale. (countable) A fishery, a place for catching fish. ===== Synonyms ===== (act): piscatology, piscation, piscicide (pejorative), piscicapture, the gentle craft (business): fishery, the fish industry, the seafood industry (sport): sportfishing (place): See fishery ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== (adj): See fishing (adv): halieutically (science): halieutics, piscatology (writing on fishing): halieutics, piscatory ==== See also ==== piscatorious, piscatory, piscatorial, piscatorical, piscatorian; piscatorially === Etymology 2 === From fish +‎ -ing. ==== Verb ==== fishing present participle and gerund of fish ===== Derived terms =====