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1.NounA typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gill; any vertebrate that is not a tetrapod."Salmon is a fish.; The fishmonger sells fishes from all over the world.; Ichthyologists study the fish of the world.; We have many fish in our aquarium."
2.NounAny vertebrate, including tetrapods.
3.NounAny animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.
Now used in combination: (e.g., starfish, cuttlefish, jellyfish, etc).
4.NounNow used in combination: (e.g., starfish, cuttlefish, jellyfish, etc).
5.NounCod; codfish.
6.NounThe flesh of the fish used as food."The seafood pasta had lots of fish but not enough pasta.; Though Lena is a vegetarian, she doesn't have any problem with eating fish."
7.NounAn aquatic or semiaquatic animal suitable for consumption during fasting on Fridays during Lent.
8.NounA card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.
9.NounAn easy victim for swindling.
10.NounA bad poker player. Compare shark (a good poker player).
11.NounA makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.
12.NounA purchase used to fish the anchor.
13.NounA torpedo (self-propelled explosive device).
14.NounThe thirty-fourth Lenormand card.
15.NounA (feminine) woman.
16.NounA new (usually vulnerable) prisoner.
17.NounA male homosexual; a gay man.
18.NounA drag queen or transgender woman who looks like a cisgender woman.
19.NounA spaceship.
20.NounA period of time spent fishing."The fish at the lake didn't prove successful."
21.NounAn instance of seeking something."Merely two fishes for information told the whole story."
22.VerbTo hunt fish or other aquatic animals in a body of water, or to collect coral or pearls from the bottom of the sea."We went fishing for crabs by the pier.; She went to the river to fish for trout."
23.VerbTo search (a body of water) for something other than fish."They fished the surrounding lakes for the dead body."
24.VerbTo use as bait when fishing.
25.VerbTo (attempt to) find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects."Why are you fishing through my things?; He was fishing for the keys in his pocket."
26.VerbTo talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something, or seek to obtain something by artifice."The detective visited the local pubs fishing around for more information.; The actors loitered at the door, fishing for compliments."
27.VerbOf a batsman, to attempt to hit a ball outside off stump and miss it.
28.VerbTo repair (a spar or mast) by fastening a beam or other long object (often called a fish) over the damaged part (see Noun above).
29.VerbTo hoist the flukes of.
30.VerbTo draw or guide (a wire or cable) by means of fish tape.
31.NounA counter, used in various games.