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# fishing

«fishing» in Mova's school dictionary: **Catching fish, as a hobby or as a job: go fishing** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (fishing — uncountable); also the -ing form of the verb fish (fish, fishes, fished, fishing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Catching fish, as a hobby or as a job: go fishing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fishing/#m1)

2) (verb, informal) Trying to get something indirectly, such as information or praise: fishing for compliments. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fishing/#m2)

3) Searching for something with your hand: she was fishing in her bag for her keys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fishing/#m3)

### sense 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fishing/#x1)
- The fishing boats came back with full nets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fishing/#x2)
- She bought a new fishing rod. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fishing/#x3)
- Otter was out fishing on the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fishing/#x4)
- He was fishing in his pocket for a coin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fishing/#x5)
- Stop fishing for compliments! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fishing/#x6)
- Fishing is an important job in Newfoundland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fishing/#x7)
- Our town grew up as a fishing village. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fishing/#x8)
- Spring came, and the fishing began. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fishing/#x9)

### note

As a noun it is uncountable: «a lot of fishing», not «fishings». Phrases: go fishing, fishing trip. «Fishy» (adjective) means suspicious.

### In the corpora

- [Sawfish are critically endangered, mainly because their saws tangle in fishing nets.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/91-the-aquarium-the-shark-tunnel-and-the-rays/14/)
- [Nets, electric fishing and dams did the rest, and the giant Chinese paddlefish was lost too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/379-china-s-great-rivers-the-finless-porpoise-the-lost-baiji-chinese-alligators-and-sturgeon/5/)
- [It may be the first dolphin driven extinct by people, through boats, nets, electric fishing and dams.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/379-china-s-great-rivers-the-finless-porpoise-the-lost-baiji-chinese-alligators-and-sturgeon/13/)
- [Fishing line, hooks, released balloons and plastic drink rings can tangle animals or be eaten by them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/71-wild-animals-zoos-and-kindness/15/)
- [In Edinburgh, Otto's dad hardly talks, but every Sunday he takes Otto fishing by the loch (Scots for lake).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone/26/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fishing» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fishing/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.