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january | fishing |

As a proper noun january

is the first month of the gregorian calendar, following the december of the previous year and preceding february abbreviation: jan' or ' .

As an adjective fishing is

of, about, or pertaining to the act of.

As a noun fishing is

(label) the act of catching fish.

As a verb fishing is

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january

English

Proper noun

(en-proper noun)
  • The first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February. Abbreviation: Jan' or '
  • 01/01/09 : Thursday, January 1st, 2009.

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from January) * Black January * January Club * January effect * January Events * January indicator * January Massacre * January Rebellion * January sales * January thaw * January Uprising * May and January * mid-January

    See also

    * English eponyms

    fishing

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, about, or pertaining to the act of .
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title= “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=3/19/2
  • , passage=Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house?; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something?; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.}}

    Synonyms

    * piscatorious, piscatory, piscatorial, piscatorical, piscatorian

    Noun

  • (label) The act of catching fish.
  • a good day's fishing
  • The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish.
  • (senseid)(uncountable) Commercial fishing: the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale.
  • the fishing industry
  • (label) A fishery, a place for catching fish.
  • *Spenser
  • *:the rent of the fishings
  • Synonyms

    * (act) piscatology, piscation, piscicide (pejorative), piscicapture, the gentle craft * (business) fishery, the fish industry, the seafood industry * (sport) sportfishing * (place) See fishery

    Verb

    (head)
  • Derived terms

    * bottom fishing * fishing boat * fishing cat * fishing expedition * fishing ground * fishing hook * fishing line * fishing pole * fishing rod * fishing space