Meaning

4 senses
  1. (uncountable)The act of catching fish.

    We had a good day's fishing at the weekend.

    Fischen, Fischfang

    рыба́лкаrybálka, ры́бная ло́вляrýbnaja lóvlja, рыболо́вствоrybolóvstvo

    риба́лкаrybálka, риболо́вляrybolóvlja, риба́льствоrybálʹstvo

    the occupation of catching fish for a living

  2. (informal, uncountable)The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish.

  3. (uncountable)Commercial fishing: the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale.

    This is good news for the fishing industry.

  4. (countable)A fishery, a place for catching fish.

Examples

1222 sentences
  1. My brother goes fishing every weekend.

    Мій брат кожні вихідні їде ловити рибу. — aandrusiak

    ruМой брат ходит на рыбалку каждые выходные. — odexed

    deMein Bruder geht an jedem Wochenende angeln. — Manfredo

  2. I have a book about fishing.

    У мене є книга про риболовлю. — deniko

    ruУ меня есть книга про рыбалку. — Keiden

    deIch habe ein Angelbuch. — Espi

  3. You may go swimming or fishing.

    Можна йти плавати або рибалити. — aandrusiak

    deSie können schwimmen oder angeln gehen. — mayabe

  4. How about going fishing with me?

    Бажаєш порибалити зі мною? — mutternoise

    ruХочешь пойти со мной порыбачить? — mutternoise

    deWas hältst du davon, mit mir angeln zu gehen? — Vortarulo

  5. Does Tom have a fishing license?

    У Тома є ліцензія на риболовлю? — deniko

    ruУ Тома есть лицензия на рыбную ловлю? — marafon

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
act or sport of catching fish:
Русский
By meaning 2
act or sport of catching fish:
business of catching fish:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
act or sport of catching fish:
business of catching fish:

Origin

From Middle English fischynge, equivalent to fish + -ing.

From Middle English fischynge, equivalent to fish + -ing.

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Forms

plural: fishings
Singularfishing
Pluralfishings

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
fisherythe fish industrythe seafood industry
Close in meaning

Word family

33 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • go fishing
  • go fishing with
  • to go fishing
  • gone gone fishing
  • go fishing together
  • often go fishing
  • gone fishing
  • fishing together
  • fishing by himself
  • goes fishing every
  • a fishing boat
  • fishing boat

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fishing — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto