to net fish
- phrasal verb
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pescar con red
- Finally, in addition to family groups that do this, same-sex parties of two to four people from different families may net fish together in a cotton cloth.
Examples
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With practiced skill, she learned how to net fish in the river near her home.
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The regulation on this reads: "The vessel operator(s) and crew members are not passengers and may not take fish towards obtaining boat limits for passengers except for casting, setting trolling gear, gaffing, or netting fish, but may take fish during a fishing trip for their personal use only."
Blog text (24) -
Fishing nails is easier than netting fish.
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They harvested berries and netted fish in great abundance from the fjord.
Fiction book (2002) -
Every summer, the family goes to the lake to net fish for their dinner.
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The fishermen took their boats out early in the morning to net fish before the sun got too hot.
Synonyms
119
1.0
To catch fish for sport or food
3
3.6
To catch something by using a mesh
2
3.2
Throw a fishing net into the water to catch fish
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5.3
To fish by dragging a large net or line through water
To use a big net that hangs in water to surround and catch fish
To catch fish using nets that trap them by their gills
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to catch fish using a net' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'net' (a device for catching) with 'fish' (the animal): the action is simply using a net to catch fish. This is a common compositional action construction found across languages and follows regular English word-formation/verbing patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The verb net fish comes from the simple picture of people putting a net into the water to catch fish. So net fish means 'to catch fish using a net'.