fishing
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 →
2) (verb, informal) Trying to get something indirectly, such as information or praise: fishing for compliments. tree →
3) Searching for something with your hand: she was fishing in her bag for her keys. tree →
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 →
- The fishing boats came back with full nets. tree →
- She bought a new fishing rod. tree →
- Otter was out fishing on the river. tree →
- He was fishing in his pocket for a coin. tree →
- Stop fishing for compliments! tree →
- Fishing is an important job in Newfoundland. tree →
- Our town grew up as a fishing village. tree →
- Spring came, and the fishing began. tree →
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.
- Nets, electric fishing and dams did the rest, and the giant Chinese paddlefish was lost too.
- It may be the first dolphin driven extinct by people, through boats, nets, electric fishing and dams.
- Fishing line, hooks, released balloons and plastic drink rings can tangle animals or be eaten by them.
- In Edinburgh, Otto's dad hardly talks, but every Sunday he takes Otto fishing by the loch (Scots for lake).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «fishing» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.