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Vocabulary Entry
seine
|noun • verb
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N
noun
A type of fishing net that hangs vertically in the water with floats at the top and weights at the bottom.
Example Sentences
"The fisherman cast his seine into the river."
"She caught several fish using a seine."
"The seine was large enough to hold the day’s catch."
V
verb
To catch fish using a seine net.
Example Sentences
"They seine the lake every summer for recreational fishing."
"Using a seine, they collected samples of the local fish population."
"The team plans to seine the area to assess the fish stocks."