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Noun: fish (fish,fishes)  fish
  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
    "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"; "they have a chef who specializes in fish"
     
  3. A period of time spent fishing
    "he went for a fish this morning"
Verb: fish  fish
  1. Seek indirectly
    "fish for compliments";
    - angle
     
  2. Catch or try to catch fish or shellfish
    "I like to go fishing on weekends"
Noun: Fish  fish
  1. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces
    - Pisces
     
  2. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20
    - Pisces, Pisces the Fishes

Sounds like: fir, fish, p

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

Type of: aquatic vertebrate, catch, food, grab, grub [informal], house, individual, kai [NZ, informal], khana [Asia], look for, mansion, mortal, nosh [Brit, informal], person, planetary house, search, seek, sign, sign of the zodiac, solid food, somebody, someone, soul, star sign, take hold of

Part of: Pisces, school, shoal

Encyclopedia: Fish, Mark