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| fish [ fish ] |
noun (plural fish or fish·es) |
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1. water vertebrate with gills: a cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water. It typically has jaws, fins, scales, a slender body, a two-chambered heart, and gills for providing oxygen to the blood.
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often used before a noun
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  a fish tank
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2. fish consumed as food: the flesh of any edible fish eaten as food, either cooked or raw
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often used before a noun
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fish soup
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3. somebody unusual: an odd or unusual person
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informal
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an odd fish
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verb (past and past participle fished, present participle fish·ing, 3rd person present singular fish·es) |
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1. intransitive verb catch fish: to use a rod, net, or other method to bring fish out of the water
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2. transitive verb catch fish in place: to try to get fish from a particular river, lake, or stream
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3. intransitive verb search: to feel around with the hands in order to find something
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informal
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| [ Old English fisc< Indo-European] |
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drink like a fish to habitually drink a lot of alcoholic liquor (informal)
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have other fish to fry to have something else to do, usually something more interesting (informal)
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like a fish out of water ill at ease in a situation
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