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

present participle of fish

plural of fishing

(countable) A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.

A period of time spent fishing. / An instance of seeking something.

(intransitive) To hunt fish or other aquatic animals in a body of water. / (transitive) To search (a body of water) for something other than fish. / (fishing, transitive) To use as bait when fishing.

(obsolete) A counter, used in various games.

(universal) multiple kinds of fish / (usually nonstandard or archaic) multiple individual fish

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fish

simple past tense and past participle of fish