fish

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Pronunciation
/fɪʃ/
/fɘʃ/
/fɪʃ/
/fɪʃ/
Noun
15 definition(s)
1 Definition

A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.

Example Sentences
  • Salmon is a fish.
2 Definition

Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.

3 Definition

The flesh of the fish used as food.

Example Sentences
  • The seafood pasta had lots of fish but not enough pasta.
4 Definition

A card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.

5 Definition

A woman.

6 Definition

An easy victim for swindling.

7 Definition

A bad poker player. Compare shark (a good poker player).

8 Definition

A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.

9 Definition

A purchase used to fish the anchor.

10 Definition

A torpedo.

11 Definition

A paraphyletic grouping of the following extant taxonomic groups:

12 Definition

The thirty-fourth Lenormand card.

13 Definition

A period of time spent fishing.

Example Sentences
  • The fish at the lake didn't prove successful.
14 Definition

An instance of seeking something.

Example Sentences
  • Merely two fishes for information told the whole story.
15 Definition

A counter, used in various games.

Verb
8 definition(s)
1 Definition

To hunt fish or other aquatic animals.

Example Sentences
  • She went to the river to fish for trout.
2 Definition

To search (a body of water) for something other than fish.

Example Sentences
  • They fished the surrounding lakes for the dead body.
3 Definition

To use as bait when fishing.

4 Definition

To (attempt to) find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects.

Example Sentences
  • He was fishing for the keys in his pocket.
5 Definition

(followed by "for" or "around for") To talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something, or seek to obtain something by artifice.

Example Sentences
  • The actors loitered at the door, fishing for compliments.
6 Definition

Of a batsman, to attempt to hit a ball outside off stump and miss it.

7 Definition

To repair (a spar or mast) by fastening a beam or other long object (often called a fish) over the damaged part (see Noun above).

8 Definition

To hoist the flukes of.