Visual meaning of 'seines' - Social Visual Dictionary

Visual illustration of seines: A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish. - Image 1

noun

A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish.

Examples:

"The fishermen pulled the heavy seines onto the beach, hoping for a large catch of sardines. "

nautical fish utensil sailing ocean item agriculture

verb

To use a seine, to fish with a seine.

Examples:

"The fisherman plans to seines the lake tomorrow morning, hoping to catch a large number of fish. "

fish nautical agriculture animal food

Related Words

fisherman/ˈfɪʃəmən/ /ˈfɪʃɚmən/

A fisher, a person engaged in fishing:

hoping/ˈhəʊpɪŋ/ /ˈhoʊpɪŋ/

To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.

floats/floʊts/

A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.

Visual illustration for the word "sardines" - Any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine Sardina pilchardus (syn. Clupea pilchardus). The California sardine Sardinops sagax (syn. Clupea sagax) is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the Atlantic herring and of the menhaden.

sardines/sɑrˈdinz/ /sɑrˈdinz/

Any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine Sardina pilchardus (syn. Clupea pilchardus). The California sardine Sardinops sagax (syn. Clupea sagax) is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the Atlantic herring and of the menhaden.