seine

• Rede de pesca grande que fica suspensa verticalmente na água, mantida aberta por boias na parte de cima e pesos na parte de baixo, usada para cercar e capturar peixes.

A large fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, kept open by floats at the top and weights at the bottom, used to encircle and catch fish.

1. B2formal

   A large fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, kept open by floats at the top and weights at the bottom, used to catch fish.

   Rede de pesca

   • The fishermen cast the seine into the river at dawn.
   • They used a seine to catch a large school of herring.
   • The boat dragged the seine along the ocean floor.

   Sinônimosdragnet

• Pescar com rede de cerco, geralmente cercando um cardume de peixes.

A verb meaning to fish with a seine net, typically by encircling a school of fish.

1. Fish with a seineB2formal

   To catch fish using a large net called a seine, which hangs vertically in the water.

   Pescar com rede de cerco

   • The fishermen seine the river every morning.
   • They learned how to seine for salmon in the bay.
   • The crew spent hours seining the shallow waters.