/seɪn/
OriginFrom Old English seġne, from Proto-West Germanic *sagīna, from Latin sagēna, from Ancient Greek σαγήνη (sagḗnē, “dragnet”), of unknown origin.
- A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish.
“We all went on Monday Evening to the sea shore, to see the scene Drawn: this is a most curious Work: and all done by Women.”
“They were too busy hauling at ropes, collectively drawing a large seine across the bay before them – and singing their hearts out.”
- ambitransitiveTo use a seine, to fish with a seine.
“This was especially the case with seining for pilchards.”
- A river in northern France that flows through Paris for about 772 km (480 mi) to the English Channel near Le Havre.
- A former department of France, the capital city of which was Paris.
Formsseines(plural) · sean(alternative) · sein(alternative, archaic) · seines(present, singular, third-person) · seining(participle, present) · seined(participle, past) · seined(past) · the Seine(canonical)