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Main Entry 1: fish
Pronunciation: 'fish
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fisc; akin to Old High German fisc fish, Latin piscis
Date: before 12th century
Inflected Form(s): plural fish or fish.es
Usage: often attributive
1 a : an aquatic animal -- usually used in combination
b : any of numerous cold-blooded strictly aquatic craniate vertebrates that include the bony fishes and usually the cartilaginous and jawless fishes and that have typically an elongated somewhat spindle-shaped body terminating in a broad caudal fin, limbs in the form of fins when present at all, and a 2-chambered heart by which blood is sent through thoracic gills to be oxygenated
2 : the flesh of fish used as food
3 a : a person who is caught or is wanted (as in a criminal investigation) b : FELLOW, PERSON c : SUCKER 5a
4 : something that resembles a fish: as a plural, capitalized : PISCES 1, 2a b : TORPEDO 2b
- fish.less /'fish-l&s/ adjective
- fish.like /-"lIk/ adjective
- fish out of water : a person who is in an unnatural or uncomfortable sphere or situation
- fish to fry : concerns or interests to pursue -- usually used with other
- neither fish nor fowl : one that does not belong to a particular class or category
Main Entry 2: fish
Function: verb
Date: before 12th century
intransitive senses
1 : to attempt to catch fish
2 : to seek something by roundabout means
3 a : to search for something underwater b : to engage in a search by groping or feeling
transitive senses
1 a : to try to catch fish in b : to fish with : use (as a boat, net, or bait) in fishing
2 a : to go fishing for b : to pull or draw as if fishing
- fish.abil.i.ty /"fi-sh&-'bi-l&-tE/ noun
- fish.able /'fi-sh&-b&l/ adjective
- fish or cut bait : to make a choice between alternatives
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Main Entry 1: fish
Pronunciation: 'fish
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fisc; akin to Old High German fisc fish, Latin piscis
Date: before 12th century
Inflected Form(s): plural fish or fish.es
Usage: often attributive
1 a : an aquatic animal -- usually used in combination
b : any of numerous cold-blooded strictly aquatic craniate vertebrates that include the bony fishes and usually the cartilaginous and jawless fishes and that have typically an elongated somewhat spindle-shaped body terminating in a broad caudal fin, limbs in the form of fins when present at all, and a 2-chambered heart by which blood is sent through thoracic gills to be oxygenated
2 : the flesh of fish used as food
3 a : a person who is caught or is wanted (as in a criminal investigation) b : FELLOW, PERSON c : SUCKER 5a
4 : something that resembles a fish: as a plural, capitalized : PISCES 1, 2a b : TORPEDO 2b
- fish.less /'fish-l&s/ adjective
- fish.like /-"lIk/ adjective
- fish out of water : a person who is in an unnatural or uncomfortable sphere or situation
- fish to fry : concerns or interests to pursue -- usually used with other
- neither fish nor fowl : one that does not belong to a particular class or category
Main Entry 2: fish
Function: verb
Date: before 12th century
intransitive senses
1 : to attempt to catch fish
2 : to seek something by roundabout means
3 a : to search for something underwater b : to engage in a search by groping or feeling
transitive senses
1 a : to try to catch fish in b : to fish with : use (as a boat, net, or bait) in fishing
2 a : to go fishing for b : to pull or draw as if fishing
- fish.abil.i.ty /"fi-sh&-'bi-l&-tE/ noun
- fish.able /'fi-sh&-b&l/ adjective
- fish or cut bait : to make a choice between alternatives
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