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verb (ANIMAL) /fɪʃ/Definition
B1 [I or T] to catch fish from a river, sea, lake, etc., or to try to do this: They're fishing for tuna. The sea here has been fished intensely over the last ten years.FishingCommercial fishingCommercial fishingFishing fished out › If an area of water has been fished out, all or most of the fish in it have been caught.FishingCommercial fishingCommercial fishingFishing
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