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What is "fish" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does fish mean in English? Meaning of fish definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "fish" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "fish": any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills

Noun

  • Meaning: any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
  • Example: the shark is a large fish in the living room there was a tank of colorful fish
  • Synonyms: fish
  • Hyponyms: a. testudineus anabas testudineus bony fish bottom lurkers bottom-dweller bottom-feeder cartilaginous fish chondrichthian climbing perch fingerling food fish game fish mouthbreeder northern snakehead rough fish spawner sport fish young fish
  • Hypernyms: aquatic vertebrate
  • Part Holonyms: caudal fin fin fish scale fishbone lateral line lateral line organ milt roe tail fin

    • Meaning of "fish": seek indirectly

    Verb

  • Meaning: seek indirectly
  • Example: fish for compliments
  • Synonyms: angle fish
  • Hypernyms: look for search seek

    • Meaning of "fish": the flesh of fish used as food

    Noun

  • Meaning: the flesh of fish used as food
  • Example: in Japan most fish is eaten raw after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat they have a chef who specializes in fish
  • Synonyms: fish
  • Hyponyms: alewife anchovy eel gray mullet grey mullet haddock hake mullet panfish rock salmon salmon schrod scrod shad smelt stockfish trout
  • Hypernyms: food solid food

    • Meaning of "fish": catch or try to catch fish or shellfish

    Verb

  • Meaning: catch or try to catch fish or shellfish
  • Example: I like to go fishing on weekends
  • Synonyms: fish
  • Hyponyms: angle brail crab net fish prawn rail scallop scollop seine shark shrimp still-fish trawl
  • Hypernyms: catch grab take hold of

    • Meaning of "fish": (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces

    Noun

  • Meaning: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces
  • Synonyms: fish pisces
  • Hypernyms: individual mortal person somebody someone soul

    • Meaning of "fish": the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20

    Noun

  • Meaning: the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20
  • Synonyms: fish pisces pisces the fishes
  • Instance Hypernyms: house mansion planetary house sign sign of the zodiac star sign

    • Synonyms:

    troll, trawl, angle, chum, extricate, bob, cast, produce, bait, net, extract, find, pull out, seine, bait the hook, go fishing, haul out, cast one's hook, cast one's net,

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