fish


Definition: Meaning of, fish in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / fɪʃ /

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fish fish, fishes
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  1. [countable] an animal that lives in water, and uses its FIN s and tail to swim
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  2. [uncountable] the flesh of a fish used as food [↪  seafood]
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  3. (be/feel) like a fish out of water to feel uncomfortable because you feel you do not belong in a place or situation
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  4. there are plenty more fish in the sea used to tell someone whose relationship has ended that there are other people they can have a relationship with
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  5. neither fish nor fowl neither one thing nor another
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  6. have other/bigger fish to fry informal to have other things to do, especially more important things
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  7. odd fish/queer fish British English old-fashioned someone who is slightly strange or crazy
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  8. cold fish an unfriendly person who seems to have no strong feelings
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  9. a big fish in a little/small pond someone who is important in or who has influence over a very small area
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fish fished fished
Present Participle Third Person Singular
fishing fishes
  1. [intransitive] to try to catch fish [↪  fishing]
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  2. [intransitive always +adverb/preposition] informal to search for something in a bag, pocket etc
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  3. [transitive] to try to catch fish in a particular area of water [↪  fishing]
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  4. fish for compliments to try to make someone say something nice about you, usually by first criticizing yourself - used to show disapproval
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  5. [intransitive] to try to find out information, without asking directly
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Fish


Definition: Meaning of, Fish in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / fɪʃ /

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  1. astrology a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces
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  2. the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20
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Fish used in phrases

  • Go Fish (noun)
    1. a card game for two players who try to assemble books of cards by asking the opponent for particular cards
  • US Fish and Wildlife Service (noun)
    1. an agency in the Department of the Interior that conserves and protects fish and wildlife and their habitats; assesses the environmental impact of pesticides and nuclear power site and hydroelectric dams and thermal pollution
  • United States Fish and Wildlife Service (noun)
    1. an agency in the Department of the Interior that conserves and protects fish and wildlife and their habitats; assesses the environmental impact of pesticides and nuclear power site and hydroelectric dams and thermal pollution
  • anemone fish (noun)
    1. live associated with sea anemones
  • basket fish (noun)
    1. any starfish-like animal of the genera Euryale, Astrophyton or Gorgonocephalus having slender complexly branched interlacing arms radiating from a central disc
  • bellows fish (noun)
    1. small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth
  • big fish (noun)
    1. an important influential person
  • biplane flying fish (noun)
    1. having both pectoral and pelvic fins enlarged
  • blennioid fish (noun)
    1. elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins
  • bony fish (noun)
    1. any fish of the class Osteichthyes
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Fish used in phrasal verbs

  • fish out (phrasal verb)
    1. to pull someone or something out of the water
    2. to pull something out of a bag or other container
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