fishing

The act of catching fish.

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

The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish.

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

“This is good news for the fishing industry.”

A fishery, a place for catching fish.

To hunt fish or other aquatic animals.

“She went to the river to fish for trout.”

To search (a body of water) for something other than fish.

“They fished the surrounding lakes for the dead body.”

To use as bait when fishing.

To (attempt to) find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects.

“He was fishing for the keys in his pocket.”

(followed by "for" or "around for") To talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something, or seek to obtain something by artifice.

“The actors loitered at the door, fishing for compliments.”

Of a batsman, to attempt to hit a ball outside off stump and miss it.

To repair (a spar or mast) by fastening a beam or other long object (often called a fish) over the damaged part (see Noun above).

To hoist the flukes of.