fish
fish
(fɪʃ )Word forms: plural fish , plural fishes , 3rd person singular present tense fishes , present participle fishing , past tense, past participle fished language note: The form fish is usually used for the plural, but fishes can also be used.
1. countable noun
A fish is a creature that lives in water and has a tail and fins. There are many different kinds of fish.
I was chatting to an islander who had just caught a fish.
The fish were counted and an average weight recorded.
2. uncountable noun
Fish is the flesh of a fish eaten as food.
Does dry white wine go best with fish?
3. verb
Brian remembers learning to fish in the River Cam. [VERB]
4. verb
If you fish a particular area of water, you try to catch fish in it.
On Saturday we fished the River Arno. [VERB noun]
5. verb
If you say that someone is fishing for information or praise, you disapprove of the fact that they are trying to get it from someone in an indirect way.
[disapproval]He didn't want to create the impression that he was fishing for information. [VERB + for]
She may be fishing for a compliment and welcome your reassurance. [VERB for noun]
'Lucinda, you don't have to talk to him!' Mike shouted. 'He's just fishing.' [VERB]
6. See also fishing
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