Definition of
Fish
- (noun, animal) any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
in the living room there was a tank of colorful fish - (noun, food) the flesh of fish used as food
after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat
they have a chef who specializes in fish - (noun, person) (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces
- (noun, location) the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20
- (verb, contact) seek indirectly
- (verb, competition) catch or try to catch fish or shellfish
- (noun, animal) any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
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Synonyms of Fish
Alternate forms of Fish
Derivations: fish, fisher, fishery, fishing, fishy
Hyponyms: a. testudineus, alewife, anabas testudineus, anchovy, angle, bony fish, bottom lurkers, bottom-dweller, bottom-feeder, brail, cartilaginous fish, chondrichthian, climbing perch, crab, eel, fingerling, food fish, game fish, gray mullet, grey mullet, haddock, hake, mouthbreeder, mullet, net fish, northern snakehead, panfish, prawn, rail, rock salmon, rough fish, salmon, scallop, schrod, scollop, scrod, seine, shad, shark, shrimp, smelt, spawner, sport fish, still-fish, stockfish, trawl, trout, young fish
Hypernyms: aquatic vertebrate, catch, food, grab, individual, look for, mortal, person, search, seek, solid food, somebody, someone, soul, take hold of
Origin of the word Fish
- O.E. fisc, from P.Gmc. *fiskaz (cf. O.H.G. fisc, O.N. fiskr, Du. vis, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks), from PIE *piskos (cf. L. piscis). The verb is O.E. fiscian.
"Of all diversions ... fishing is the worst qualified to amuse a man who is at once indolent and impatient." [Scott, 1814]
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Words that sound like Fish
f.i.s.c., fabaceae, face, facia, faeces, fag, fagaceae, fagus, fake, faq, fas, fasces, fascia, fauces, faux, favus, fawkes, fax, faze, fcc, fcs, feces, feijoa, fes, fescue, fess, fesse, fez, fiasco, fica, fice, fichu, ficus, fig, fig wax, fiji, fijis, fisa, fisc, fish cake, fish hawk, fisheye, fishgig, fishhook, fishy, fives, fix
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