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English
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- IPA: /ˈfɪʃ/, SAMPA: /fIS/
- IPA: /ˈfɘʃ/ (en-NZ)
- Audio (UK)help, file
- Audio (US)help, file
- Rhymes: -ɪʃ
- Homophones: ghoti
Etymology 1
From Old English fisc < Proto-Germanic *fiskaz < Proto-Indo-European *peisk-, *pisk-. Cognate with Dutch vis, German Fisch, Swedish fisk. The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin piscis, Russian пискарь, Irish iasc.
Noun
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Singular fish |
Plural collectively (UK) fish or (US) and when referring to two or more kinds fishes or informally fishies |
fish (collectively (UK) fish or (US) and when referring to two or more kinds fishes or informally fishies)
- (countable) A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
- Salmon is a fish.
- God created all the fishes of the world.
- (collectively) Plural form of fish.
- We have many fish in our aquarium.
- (possibly archaic) Any vertebrate that lives in water and cannot live outside it.
- (uncountable) The flesh of the fish used as food.
- The seafood pasta had lots of fish but not enough pasta.
- (countable) A period of time spent fishing.
- The fish at the lake didn't prove successful.
- (countable) An instance of seeking something.
- Merely two fishes for information told the whole story.
- (uncountable) A card game in which the object is to obtain pairs of cards.
- (uncountable, derogatory, slang) Women.
- (slang) An easy victim for swindling.
- (nautical) A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.
Synonyms
- (card game): go fish
Derived terms
terms derived from fish (noun)
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See also
Translations
vertebrate animal
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Adjective
fish (not comparable)
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Positive fish |
Superlative none (absolute) |
- Of or relating to fish.
- It was a fine fish dinner.
- (of a drag queen or transsexual) Resembling a biological woman.
- Girl, yo chick was lookin fish tonight.
Etymology 2
From Old English fiscian.
Adjective
fish (not comparable)
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Positive fish |
Superlative none (absolute) |
- (Can we verify() this sense?) Of or relating to fishing.
- Put the worm on a fish hook.
Translations
relating to fish
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Verb
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Infinitive to fish |
Third person singular fishes |
Simple past fished |
Past participle fished |
Present participle fishing |
to fish (third-person singular simple present fishes, present participle fishing, simple past and past participle fished)
- (intransitive) To try to catch fish, whether successfully or not.
- (transitive) To try to catch fish, or to find something else, in (a body of water).
- They fished the surrounding lakes for the dead body.
- (intransitive, followed by "about," "around," "through," etc.) To attempt to find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects.
- Why are you fishing through in my things?
- (intransitive, followed by "around") To attempt to obtain information by talking to people.
- The detective visited the local pubs fishing around for more information.
- (intransitive, cricket) Of a batsman, to attempt to hit a ball outside off stump and miss it.
- (transitive, followed by "for") To attempt to get hold of (an object) that is among other objects.
- (transitive, figuratively, followed by "for") To attempt to gain.
- The actors loitered at the door, fishing for compliments.
- (nautical) To repair a spar or mast using a brace often called a fish (see NOUN above).
- 1970 Henderson, James, The Frigates, an account of the lesser warships of the wars from 1793 to 1815; Wordsworth edition of 1998, p143:
- [...] the crew were set to replacing and splicing the rigging and fishing the spars.
- 1970 Henderson, James, The Frigates, an account of the lesser warships of the wars from 1793 to 1815; Wordsworth edition of 1998, p143:
Synonyms
- (try to catch a fish): angle, drop in a line
- (try to find something): rifle, rummage
- (attempt to get hold of (an object) among others): rummage
- (attempt to gain (compliments, etc)): angle
Derived terms
term derived from fish (verb)Translations
to try to catch fish
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External links
- Fish (disambiguation) on Wikipedia. Wikipedia
- Fish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- fish (food) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:fish (food)
- fishing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:fishing
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How to keep fish after the catch and before keeping in ice/water slurry?
Q. Been reading how to keep fish after the catch if you plan to keep and eat. A lot of sites say that by bleeding out your fish it will taste better and have a better texture, but some say that killing the fish by a IKY method (basically severing the spine/brain) and allowing the blood to remain in the body is better. Or dependent of the type of fish. Was wondering what you guys recommend for Bass and Trout as they are the main species of fish I fish for food. Thanks.
Asked by Always Asking - Tue Sep 15 10:48:35 2009 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Bleed them by pulling out the gill and then hold it by the tail.
Answered by BeachBum818 - Tue Sep 15 11:25:29 2009
Q. Been reading how to keep fish after the catch if you plan to keep and eat. A lot of sites say that by bleeding out your fish it will taste better and have a better texture, but some say that killing the fish by a IKY method (basically severing the spine/brain) and allowing the blood to remain in the body is better. Or dependent of the type of fish. Was wondering what you guys recommend for Bass and Trout as they are the main species of fish I fish for food. Thanks.
Asked by Always Asking - Tue Sep 15 10:48:35 2009 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Bleed them by pulling out the gill and then hold it by the tail.
Answered by BeachBum818 - Tue Sep 15 11:25:29 2009
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