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Meaning of 'fish'
Meaning of 'fish' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Fish 
[ n.]
- A counter, used in various games. [ n.]- A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of diverse characteristics, living in the water.
- An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See Pisces.
- The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.
- The flesh of fish, used as food.
- A purchase used to fish the anchor.
- A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish, used to strengthen a mast or yard.
2. Fish [ pl. ]
- of Fish [ pl. ]3. Fish [ v. i.]
- To attempt to catch fish; to be employed in taking fish,
by any means, as by angling or drawing a net. [ v. i.]- To seek to obtain by artifice, or indirectly to seek to draw forth; as, to fish for compliments.
4. Fish [ v. t.]
- To catch; to draw out or up; as, to fish up an anchor. [ v. t.]- To search by raking or sweeping.
- To try with a fishing rod; to catch fish in; as, to fish a stream.
- To strengthen (a beam, mast, etc.), or unite end to end (two timbers, railroad rails, etc.) by bolting a plank, timber, or plate to the beam, mast, or timbers, lengthwise on one or both sides. See Fish joint, under Fish, n.
Meaning of 'fish' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. fish [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- the flesh of fish used as food
- the flesh of fish used as food
Example in sentence:
- after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat;
- in Japan most fish is eaten raw;
- they have a chef who specializes in fish
Meaning (2):
- any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
- any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
Example in sentence:
- in the living room there was a tank of colorful fish;
- the shark is a large fish
2. fish [ v]
[ v]Meaning (3):
- seek indirectly
- seek indirectly
Example in sentence:
- fish for compliments
Meaning (4):
- catch or try to catch fish or shellfish
- catch or try to catch fish or shellfish
Example in sentence:
- I like to go fishing on weekends
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