What is "seine" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does seine mean in English? Meaning of seine definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "seine" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "seine": a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel

Noun

  • Meaning: a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel
  • Synonyms: seine seine river
  • Instance Hypernyms: river
  • Meaning of "seine": fish with a seine; catch fish with a seine

    Verb

  • Meaning: fish with a seine; catch fish with a seine
  • Synonyms: seine
  • Hypernyms: fish
  • Meaning of "seine": a large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom

    Noun

  • Meaning: a large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom
  • Synonyms: seine
  • Hyponyms: purse seine
  • Hypernyms: fishing net fishnet
  • Adjective: A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish. 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 169: They were too busy hauling at ropes, collectively drawing a large seine across the bay before them – and singing their hearts out.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 169: They were too busy hauling at ropes, collectively drawing a large seine across the bay before them – and singing their hearts out.
  • Synonyms:

    troll, trawl, angle, chum, extricate, bob, cast, produce, bait, net, extract, find, pull out, bait the hook, go fishing, haul out, cast ones hook, cast ones net, troll, dragnet, drag, net, line,

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