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fish

/fɪʃ/ /fɘʃ/

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noun

Fisch

A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.

Examples :

"Salmon is a fish."

Lachs ist ein Fisch.

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noun

Fisch

Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.

Examples :

"The aquarium contained many colorful fish. "

Das Aquarium enthielt viele bunte Fische.

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noun

Fischfleisch

The flesh of the fish used as food.

Examples :

"The seafood pasta had lots of fish but not enough pasta."

Die Meeresfrüchte-Pasta hatte viel Fisch, aber nicht genug Nudeln.

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noun

Fisch (Kartenspiel)

A card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.

Examples :

"My friend and I played a game of fish during our lunch break at school. "

Mein Freund und ich haben in der Mittagspause in der Schule ein Spiel Fisch gespielt.

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noun

Frau, Weib

Examples :

"My sister is a good fish; she always helps others. "

Meine Schwester ist eine gute Frau; sie hilft immer anderen.

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noun

Leichtgläubiger, Trottel

An easy victim for swindling.

Examples :

"The new student was a fish, easily tricked into paying for extra tutoring sessions that weren't necessary. "

Der neue Schüler war ein Trottel, der sich leicht dazu überreden ließ, für unnötige Nachhilfestunden zu bezahlen.

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noun

Ein schlechter Pokerspieler

A bad poker player. Compare shark (a good poker player).

Examples :

"My brother is a terrible poker player; he's a real fish. "

Mein Bruder ist ein schrecklicher Pokerspieler; er ist wirklich ein schlechter Spieler.

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noun

Fisch, Lasche

A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.

Examples :

"The ship's captain used a fish to temporarily strengthen the damaged mast. "

Der Kapitän des Schiffes verwendete eine Lasche, um den beschädigten Mast vorübergehend zu verstärken.

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noun

Fisch

A purchase used to fish the anchor.

Examples :

"The fisherman used a special fish to quickly retrieve his anchor. "

Der Fischer benutzte einen speziellen Fisch, um seinen Anker schnell zu bergen.

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noun

Torpedo

Examples :

"The submarine's attack craft was a special kind of fish, designed for swift underwater attacks. "

Das Angriffsschiff des U-Boots war eine spezielle Art von Torpedo, der für schnelle Unterwasserangriffe konzipiert war.

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noun

Fische

A paraphyletic grouping of the following extant taxonomic groups:

Examples :

"The fish family is a paraphyletic group, encompassing various species of bony fish and cartilaginous fish. "

Die Fischfamilie ist eine paraphyletische Gruppe, die verschiedene Arten von Knochenfischen und Knorpelfischen umfasst.

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noun

Die vierunddreißigste Lenormand-Karte

The thirty-fourth Lenormand card.

Examples :

"My tarot reader showed me the fish card, suggesting a time for reflection. "

Meine Tarot-Leserin zeigte mir die Fisch-Karte und deutete damit eine Zeit der Reflexion an.

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noun

Angelzeit

A period of time spent fishing.

Examples :

"My grandfather enjoys his weekly fish, spending several hours on the lake. "

Mein Großvater genießt seine wöchentliche Angelzeit und verbringt mehrere Stunden am See.

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noun

Suche, Fahndung

An instance of seeking something.

Examples :

"Merely two fishes for information told the whole story."

Lediglich zwei Suchanfragen nach Informationen erzählten die ganze Geschichte.

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verb

Fischen

To hunt fish or other aquatic animals.

Examples :

"She went to the river to fish for trout."

Sie ging zum Fluss, um Forellen zu fischen.

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Suchen, fischen

To search (a body of water) for something other than fish.

Examples :

"They fished the surrounding lakes for the dead body."

Sie suchten in den umliegenden Seen nach der Leiche.

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verb

Angeln

To use as bait when fishing.

Examples :

"To catch a trout, he fished a small worm. "

Um eine Forelle zu fangen, angelte er mit einem kleinen Wurm.

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verb

Fischen, angeln

To (attempt to) find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects.

Examples :

"He was fishing for the keys in his pocket."

Er fischte in seiner Tasche nach den Schlüsseln.

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verb

Nach Informationen angeln, aushorchen

(followed by "for" or "around for") To talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something, or seek to obtain something by artifice.

Examples :

"The actors loitered at the door, fishing for compliments."

Die Schauspieler lungerten an der Tür herum und angelten nach Komplimenten.

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verb

Den Ball verfehlen

Of a batsman, to attempt to hit a ball outside off stump and miss it.

Examples :

"The student tried to fish the ball outside off stump, but missed completely. "

Der Schüler versuchte, den Ball außerhalb des Off-Stump zu verfehlen, verfehlte ihn aber komplett.

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verb

Flicken, ausbessern

To repair (a spar or mast) by fastening a beam or other long object (often called a fish) over the damaged part (see Noun above).

Examples :

"The ship's captain ordered the crew to fish the broken mast with a strong timber beam. "

Der Kapitän befahl der Mannschaft, den gebrochenen Mast mit einem starken Holzbalken zu flicken.

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verb

Die Flunken hissen

To hoist the flukes of.

Examples :

"The sailor expertly fished the small boat's sail up the mast. "

Der Seemann hisste fachmännisch das Segel des kleinen Bootes am Mast hoch.

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noun

Zählstein, Spielstein

A counter, used in various games.

Examples :

"My brother used five fish to complete the game. "

Mein Bruder benutzte fünf Spielsteine, um das Spiel zu beenden.

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