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fishes

/ˈfɪʃɪz/

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

Examples :

"The aquarium at the doctor's office had many colorful fishes swimming around. "

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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 brother and I were playing fishes at the dinner table last night. "

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Examples :

"The old fishermen called all the boats "she," and referred to them as "fishes" with affection. "

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An easy victim for swindling.

Examples :

"The online lottery scammers are always looking for fishes to trick out of their money. "

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

Examples :

""The weekly poker game at Dave's house is always fun because there are a couple of fishes who donate most of their money to the sharks." "

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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 old sailor showed us how to apply the fishes to the damaged mast, clamping them tightly to hold it together until we reached port. "

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A purchase used to fish the anchor.

Examples :

"The sailor showed us the heavy fishes he used to retrieve the anchor when it got stuck on the seabed. "

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Examples :

"The naval exercise involved launching several fishes at the old target ship. "

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A paraphyletic grouping of the following extant taxonomic groups:

Examples :

"In biology class, the teacher explained that using the term "fishes" to describe all aquatic animals with fins is imprecise because it's not a natural group; tetrapods (like humans) evolved from one group of fishes, making "fishes" a paraphyletic group. "

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The thirty-fourth Lenormand card.

Examples :

"The "Fishes" card in the Lenormand deck suggests financial opportunities are swimming your way. "

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A period of time spent fishing.

Examples :

"Our family enjoyed many fishes together during our summer vacation, hoping to catch a big one each time. "

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An instance of seeking something.

Examples :

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

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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 :

"He fishes for compliments by subtly pointing out his achievements. "

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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 :

"Frustrated after missing several balls, the batsman fishes outside off stump, hoping to make contact. "

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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 old sailor fishes the broken mast with a sturdy plank, hoping to reach port safely. "

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To hoist the flukes of.

Examples :

"The crew fishes the anchor's flukes to secure it tightly against the hull before setting sail. "

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A counter, used in various games.

Examples :

"During the board game, we used little plastic fishes as our scoring counters. "