angling

Speech parts

1. angling - Noun

2. angling - Verb

Meaning

of Angle

The act of one who angles; the art of fishing with rod and line.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

orient hawking bend present fish helmsman rattan cast angle hunting fishing shooting catch tip casting
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Antonyms

explain solve reveal demonstrate resolve interpret
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Hypernyms

fishing sportfishing

Hyponyms

troll trolling fly-fishing

Phrases with the word

angling for compliments angling equipment

Anagrams

Nagling

Examples

Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learned. Izaak Walton

Fly fishing may be a very pleasant amusement but angling or float fishing I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a fool at the other. Samuel Johnson

Doubt not but angling will prove to be so pleasant that it will prove to be, like virtue, a reward to itself. Izaak Walton

You will find angling to be like the virtue of humility, which has a calmness of spirit and a world of other blessings attending upon it. Izaak Walton

We may say of angling as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries: "Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did"; and so, if I might be judge, God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling. Izaak Walton

God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling. Izaak Walton

Close letter words and terms

Anglification anglify Anglin angling equipment angling for compliments Anglish