Look up: fishing

1. fishing
   [n] - the occupation of catching fish 2. [n] - the act of someone who fishes as a diversion
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2. Fishing
   The thing we all do in winter when we try to catch cod
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3. fishing
   the procedure of recovering lost or stuck equipment in the wellbore. See fish.
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4. Fishing
   any activity that involves the catching, taking or harvesting of fish.
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5. Fishing
   Retrieving objects from the borehole, such as a broken drillstring, or tools.
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6. fishing
   recovery of tools lost in the bore holes called 'fish' Category: Building industry • In the context of a fishing vessel it relates to the fishing operation,for example,towing a trawl net or hauling a long-line or trawl net. Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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7. Fishing
   Fish'ing noun 1. The act, practice, or art of one who fishes. 2. A fishery. Spenser.
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8. Fishing
   Fish'ing adjective [ From Fishing , noun ] Pertaining to fishing; used in fishery; engaged in fishing; as, fishing boat; fishing tackle; fishing village. Fishing fly , an artificial fly f...
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9. fishing
   1. The act, practice, or art of one who fishes. ... 2. A fishery. ... Pertaining to fishing; used in fishery; engaged in fishing; as, fishing boat; fishing tackle; fishing village. Fishing fly, an artificial fly for fishing. Fishing line, a line used in catching fish. Fishing net, a net of various k...
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10. fishing
    sportfishing noun the act of someone who fishes as a diversion
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11. Fishing
    • (n.) The act, practice, or art of one who fishes. • (n.) Pertaining to fishing; used in fishery; engaged in fishing; as, fishing boat; fishing tackle; fishing village. • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fish • (n.) A fishery.
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12. fishing
    (from the article `conservation`) Overfishing is the greatest threat to the biodiversity of the world`s oceans, and contemporary information published for fisheries in the United ... The agricultural revolution in Central Africa was paralleled by another nutritional change as people became more skilled at catching fish. ... Another s...
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13. fishing
    the sport of catching fish, freshwater or saltwater, typically with rod, line, and hook. Like hunting, fishing originated as a means of providing ... [4 related articles]
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14. fishing
    fishing, act of catching fish for consumption or display. Fishing—usually by hand, club, spear, net, and possibly by hook—was known to prehistoric people. It was practiced by the ancient Persians, Egyptians, and Chinese, and it is mentioned in the Odyssey and in the Bible. It is a major ...
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15. Fishing
    Fishing is slang for an attempt to gather information while pretending to be doing something else.
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16. Fishing
    Fishing is slang for an attempt to gather information while pretending to be doing something else.
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17. Fishing
    The term fishing may be applied to catching other aquatic animals such as molluscs, cephalopods, crustaceans, and echinoderms. The term is not normally applied to catching farmed fish, or to aquatic mammals, such as whales, where the term whaling is more appropriate. According to FAO statistics, the...
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