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fish

/fɪʃ/ /fɘʃ/

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noun

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

Examples :

"Salmon is a fish."

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noun

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

Examples :

"The aquarium contained many colorful fish. "

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noun

The flesh of the fish used as food.

Examples :

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

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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. "

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noun

Examples :

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

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An easy victim for swindling.

Examples :

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

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

Examples :

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

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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. "

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noun

A purchase used to fish the anchor.

Examples :

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

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noun

Examples :

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

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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. "

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noun

The thirty-fourth Lenormand card.

Examples :

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

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noun

A period of time spent fishing.

Examples :

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

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noun

An instance of seeking something.

Examples :

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

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verb

To hunt fish or other aquatic animals.

Examples :

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

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

Examples :

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

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To use as bait when fishing.

Examples :

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

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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."

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(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."

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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. "

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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. "

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To hoist the flukes of.

Examples :

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

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A counter, used in various games.

Examples :

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

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