fishing A2 Topic:Business & Commerce US /ˈfɪʃɪŋ/ See IPA manual Freq #2509 Meanings 1 noun The activity or sport of catching fish. We had a great day's fishing at the lake. 2 noun The business or industry of catching fish to sell. This is good news for the fishing industry. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the activity or sport of... sportfishing More fisherypiscationpiscatologypiscicapturepiscicide Word family Derived forms antifishingbottom-fishingelectrofishingfishing-smackfishing-tubefishinglyfly-fishingnonfishingrodfishingshellfishingskishingspearfishing Related forms halieuticallyhalieuticspiscatologypiscatorialpiscatoriallypiscatorianpiscatoricalpiscatoriouspiscatory Common collocations fishing village Adjective + noun fishing tackle Noun + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English fischynge, equivalent to fish + -ing. fischynge Middle English View etymology graph -> Topics Business & Commerce External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # fishing **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈfɪʃɪŋ/ **Frequency rank:** 2509 ## Meanings 1. The activity or sport of catching fish. 2. The business or industry of catching fish to sell. ## Examples - We had a great day's fishing at the lake. - This is good news for the fishing industry. ## Synonyms - fishery - piscation - piscatology - piscicapture - piscicide - sportfishing ## Derived Forms - antifishing - bottom-fishing - electrofishing - fishing-smack - fishing-tube - fishingly - fly-fishing - nonfishing - rodfishing - shellfishing - skishing - spearfishing ## Related Forms - halieutically - halieutics - piscatology - piscatorial - piscatorially - piscatorian - piscatorical - piscatorious - piscatory ## Roots and Affixes - Root: fischynge ## Etymology From Middle English fischynge, equivalent to fish + -ing. ## AI Etymology Fishing comes from Middle English fischynge, equivalent to fish + -ing. In current use, the main senses are “The activity or sport of catching fish” and “The business or industry of catching fish to sell”. ## Topics - Business & Commerce markdown