1. Any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
   "the shark is a large fish"; "in the living room there was a tank of colourful fish"
    
2. The flesh of fish used as food
   "they have a chef who specializes in fish"; "in Japan most fish is eaten raw"; "after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat"
    
3. A period of time spent fishing
   "he went for a fish this morning"

1. Seek indirectly
   "fish for compliments";
   - angle
    
2. Catch or try to catch fish or shellfish
   "I like to go fishing on weekends"

1. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20
   - Pisces, Pisces the Fishes
    
2. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces
   - Pisces

Sounds like: fir, fish, p

Derived forms: fishes, fishing, fished, fish, Fishes

Type of: actor, aquatic vertebrate, catch, doer, food, grab, grub [informal], house, kai [NZ, informal], khana [Asia], look for, mansion, nosh [Brit, informal], planetary house, provender [archaic], search, seek, sign, sign of the zodiac, solid food, star sign, worker

Part of: Pisces, school, shoal

Encyclopedia: Fish, Michael