fish

[[t]fɪʃ[/t]]

n. pl. (esp. collectively)fish, (esp. for kinds or species)fish•es

1) ich any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales: includes three unrelated classes

Compare jawless fish cartilaginous fish bony fish

2) ich (loosely) any of various other aquatic animals

3) ich the flesh of fishes used as food

4) astron. astrol. Fishes

Pisces 1)

5) inf Informal. a person:

an odd fish; a poor fish[/ex]

6) cvb sts Slang. a new prison inmate

7) a long strip of wood, iron, etc., used to strengthen a mast, joint, etc

8) to go fishing for:

to fish trout[/ex]

9) to try to catch fish in (a stream, lake, etc.)

10) to draw as if fishing (often fol. by up or out):

He fished a coin out of his pocket[/ex]

11) naut. navig. to reinforce (a mast or other spar) by fastening a spar, batten, metal bar, or the like, lengthwise over a weak place

12) to catch or attempt to catch fish

13) to search carefully:

to fish through one's pockets[/ex]

14) to seek to obtain something indirectly or by artifice:

fishing for a compliment[/ex]

15) to search for or attempt to catch onto something under water, in mud, etc.:

to fish for mussels[/ex]

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- fish in troubled waters fish out of water neither fish nor fowl other fish to fry

Etymology: bef. 900; ME fis(c) h, fyssh, OE fisc; c. OOHG fisc fish′a•ble, adj.