—fish /fɪʃ/
noun (PLURAL fish or fishes)
A1 [C or U] an animal that lives in water, is covered with scales, and breathes by taking water in through its mouth, or the flesh of these animals eaten as food:
» Several large fish live in the pond.» Sanjay caught the biggest fish I've ever seen.» I don't like fish (= don't like to eat fish).Thesaurus+: ↑Sea fish , ↑Fish and seafoodThesaurus+: ↑Freshwater fish , ↑Fish and seafoodan odd/queer fish MAINLY UK OLD-FASHIONEDF0 a strange person
Thesaurus+: ↑Strange, suspicious and unnatural things and peopleWord Builder:–Nouns: fish, fishing–Adjectives: fishy–Verbs: fish• • •
Extra Examples:» Trout are fresh water fish.» Garnish the fish with some fresh parsley and a squeeze of lemon.» They were happy because they had caught a lot of fish that day.» They always serve fish and chips on friday.» The river is populated mainly by smaller species of fish.verb (ANIMAL) ↑Verb Endings for fish
B1 [I or T] to catch fish from a river, sea, lake, etc., or to try to do this:
» They're fishing for tuna.» The sea here has been fished intensely over the last ten years.Thesaurus+: ↑Fishing , ↑Commercial fishingThesaurus+: ↑Commercial fishing , ↑Fishingfished outF0 If an area of water has been fished out, all or most of the fish in it have been caught.
Thesaurus+: ↑Fishing , ↑Commercial fishingThesaurus+: ↑Commercial fishing , ↑FishingWord Builder:–Nouns: fish, fishing–Adjectives: fishy–Verbs: fishverb [I usually + adv/prep] (SEARCH) ↑Verb Endings for fish
► F0 to search, especially in difficult conditions: » She fished in her tool box for the right spanner.» The director was fishing for information about our strategy.» He's always fishing for compliments (= trying to make people say good things about him).Thesaurus+: ↑SearchingWord Builder:–Nouns: fish, fishing–Adjectives: fishy–Verbs: fish- ♯ Media in general
- ♯ Medical and surgical equipment
- ♯ Medical dressings, supports and devices
- ♯ Medical examination
- ♯ Medical places and organizations
- ♯ Medical studies and the people who study them
- ♯ Medical treatment
- ♯ Medicine
- ♯ Medicine in different forms
- ♯ Medicines and drugs
- ♯ Meditation, religious chanting and spiritual states
- ♯ Medium-sized
- ♯ Meeting people
- ♯ Memory and memories
- ♯ Men and women
- ♯ Mental and psychiatric disorders
- ♯ Merely and barely
- ♯ Mergers and takeovers
- ♯ Messengers and people who deliver things
- ♯ Metals and metalworking
- ♯ Middle Ages (medieval Period) 501-1500
- ♯ Military (the armed forces)
- ♯ Military training and ceremonies
- ♯ Mind and personality
- ♯ Mineralogy