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to oyster

to oyster

9.2
To collect sea animals with rough shells from the sea or shore
  • verb
  • /ˈɔɪstər/
translation icon : recoger ostras
  • Many fishermen enjoy oystering because it allows them to connect with nature while working.

Examples

  • He spent the entire day oystering along the shore, filling his boat with fresh catches.

  • Oystering in this manner is said to be harder and slower work than tonging them.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Oystering on the Bay wasn't what it had been, not since parasites had killed off so many.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • By state law, the tongers could begin oystering on 1 September while the dredging season began later, between 1 October and 1 November in different years (Anonymous, 1902b, 1905d, 1907b).

    Academic text (1996)
  • During the off-season, they would often go oystering to supplement their income from fishing.

Compounds

2 3.5

A restaurant that mainly serves oysters, raw or cooked

A bread mix with oysters and herbs served beside or put inside roast turkey

2 2.9

A hard outer part of a sea animal that people use for decoration or to add calcium to soil

oyster bed
  • Specialized
1 3.7

A place in the sea or river where people grow oysters to harvest

1 2.5

A small dry round cracker often eaten with soup, especially clam chowder

A soft grey mushroom that grows in flat clusters on dead wood and is used in cooking

1 6.4

A side dish or filling made with oysters, bread, and simple vegetables

1 3.0

A creamy soup that has oysters cooked in milk or cream

A large edible oyster from Japan often grown on farms

saddle oyster
  • Specialized
9.9

A sea animal with two thin shells, one side deeply notched, that clings to rocks

A soft grey mushroom that grows in groups on dead wood and people eat

A shallow area of water where oysters grow

A small soft crab that lives inside the shell of an oyster

9.9

A small fish with a wide head that lives near the coast among oyster shells

9.9

A small fish that lives among oysters and shells in shallow sea water

An edible mushroom with a soft grey cap that grows in layers on dead wood

oyster park
  • Specialized
5.4

An area where people grow oysters to sell

A plant with a long white root that tastes like oysters when cooked

A shellfish that lives in the sea and makes pearls

seed oyster
  • Specialized
6.7

A small oyster that people move to an oyster bed to grow

A yellow-flowered plant that people grow for its sweet edible roots and leaves

A plant with a root you can eat that tastes like oysters

A common, tasty oyster eaten on the Atlantic coast of North America

window oyster
  • Philippine
9.9

A large thin shell from a sea animal used for food and crafts

windowpane oyster
  • Philippine
9.9

A sea animal with a large thin shell that people use for decoration and for food

How Thoroughly

dredge
  • Specialized
14 8.1
to harvest
84 1.6
to oyster
9.2
to pick
1.0

Surface Forms

oyster infinitive
oystered past
oystered past participle
oystering present participle
oysters third person singular

Etymology

Oystering comes from the noun oyster and means 'to gather' these shellfish. So to 'oyster' is simply to go and collect oysters from the shore or sea.