fishing

fishing
I
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. angling, casting, fly fishing, trawling, seining, netting, spearing, harpooning, the piscatorial sport.
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
angling, casting, trolling, trawling. ''That solitary vice.''—Lord Byron.
WORD FIND
• artificial bait: lure, jig, spinner, fly, nymph
• bait: earthworm, night crawler, mayfly, nymph, baitfish, chum, herring, squid
• basket used by fisherman: creel
• chair in sport-fishing boat: fighting chair
• dragging a line near surface behind boat: trolling
• drag net along bottom: trawl
• fence that corrals fish: weir
• floating signal ball: bobber
• gear box: tackle box
• gear: tackle
• illegal fishing: poaching
• line with several hooks at intervals across stream: trotline
• net drawn shut by two boats: purse seine
• net that hangs from floats on surface: seine, gill net
• rippled water showing where fish is rising to bait: rise
• snarled line on reel caused by overrun: backlash, *bird’s nest
• spear: harpoon, gaff
• taking of bait by fish: strike up and down motion imparted on bait to
• lure fish: jigging
• weight: sinker

English dictionary for students. 2013.

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