- nounfish (noun) · fish (plural noun) · fishes (plural noun) · the Fish (noun)
- a limbless cold-blooded vertebrate animal with gills and fins living wholly in water:"the huge lakes are now devoid of fish"
- the flesh of fish as food:"a dinner of meat, dried fish, and bread"
- (the FishFishes)the zodiacal sign or constellation Pisces.
- used in names of invertebrate animals living wholly in water, e.g. cuttlefish, shellfish, jellyfish.
- informala torpedo.
- BRITISHinformala person who is strange in a specified way:"he is generally thought to be a bit of a cold fish"
verbfish (verb) · fishes (third person present) · fished (past tense) · fished (past participle) · fishing (present participle)- search by groping or feeling for something concealed:"he fished for his registration certificate and held it up to the policeman's torch"Similar:cast roundcast aroundferret (about)ferret (around)root aboutroot aroundrummage (about)rummage (round)rummage (around)look high and low
- try subtly or deviously to elicit a response or some information from someone:"I was not fishing for compliments"Similar:try to getseek to obtainmake a bidcast roundcast around
- (fish something out)pull or take something out of water or a receptacle:"the body of a woman had been fished out of the river"
OriginOld English fisc (as a noun denoting any animal living exclusively in water), fiscian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vis, vissen and German Fisch, fischen.nounfish (noun) · fishes (plural noun)- a flat plate that is fixed on a beam or across a joint in order to give additional strength.
- a long, slightly curved piece of wood that is lashed to a ship's damaged mast or spar as a temporary repair.
verbfish (verb) · fishes (third person present) · fished (past tense) · fished (past participle) · fishing (present participle)- mend or strengthen with a fish.
- join (rails in a railway track) with a fishplate.
Originearly 16th century: probably from French fiche, from ficher ‘to fix’, based on Latin figere. - People also ask
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