seine
/seɪn/
verb
- To catch fish using a seine net.
- The crew spent the morning seining for herring near the coast.
- They learned how to seine from their grandfather, a lifelong fisherman.
- It is illegal to seine in this protected area without a permit.
noun
- A large fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, used to catch fish by encircling them.
- They used a seine to catch salmon in the river.
- The fishermen pulled the seine onto the boat, full of silver fish.
- A seine can be hundreds of feet long and requires a crew to operate.
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