Fish - English meaning

fɪʃ

Fish – definitions in English dictionary

noun
A limbless cold-blooded vertebrate animal with gills and fins living wholly in water.
Usage examples:
The huge lakes are now devoid of fish
noun
A person who is strange in a specified way.
Usage examples:
He is generally thought to be a bit of a cold fish
noun
A flat plate that is fixed on a beam or across a joint in order to give additional strength.

verb
Catch or try to catch fish, typically by using a net or hook and line.
Usage examples:
He was fishing for pike
Synonims:
Go fishingAngleCastTrawl
verb
Search by groping or feeling for something concealed.
Usage examples:
He fished for his registration certificate and held it up to the policeman's torch
Synonims:
SearchDelveLookHuntCast aboutCast roundCast aroundGropeFerret (about)Ferret (around)Root aboutRoot aroundRummage (about)Rummage (round)Rummage (around)ScrabbleFumbleSeekLook

verb
Mend or strengthen with a fish.
verb
Join (rails in a railway track) with a fishplate.

noun
An animal without legs that lives in water, has a soft outer body, uses its tail and fins to help it swim, and takes in oxygen from the water
Usage examples:
[ c ] how many fish live in the pond?, [ u ] we had fish for dinner., chimpanzees use grass to fish…

noun
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
Usage examples:
Several large fish live in the pond., catch a fish sanjay caught the biggest fish i've ever seen., …

noun
A strange person
Usage examples:
He's a bit of an odd fish, but i think he's basically sound.

verb
To try to find something, using your fingers to look for it
Usage examples:
Fish in something for something she fished in her tool box for the right screwdriver.

verb
To try to get something, without asking directly
Usage examples:
She was always fishing, hoping i'd say something about sarah., fish for the director was fishing fo…

verb
In sports such as cricket and baseball, to try to hit a ball that is a long way from the target
Usage examples:
Our captain was caught by the wicketkeeper while fishing outside the off stump.

verb
To catch fish from a river, sea, lake, etc., or to try to do this
Usage examples:
Go fishing my dad loves to go fishing., fish for they're fishing for tuna., the sea here has been f…

verb
If an area of water has been fished out, all or most of the fish in it have been caught
Usage examples:
There's no point going to an area that's fished out.

Fish translation into English

Fish: translate from English into Chinese

鱼, 捕鱼, 钓鱼, 渔, 捕捞, 钓, 筭

Fish: translate from English into Dutch

Vis, Vissen, Fiche, Afvissen, Lassen, Speelpenning, Las

Fish: translate from English into French

Poisson, Pêcher, Pêcher le poisson, Viande de poisson, Fureter

Fish: translate from English into German

Fische, Fischen, Fisch, Angeln

Fish: translate from English into Hindi

मछली, मत्स्य, मछली मारना, मछली पकड़ना, जलतल से निकालना, दोह में रहना, मछली-संबंधी

Fish: translate from English into Italian

Pesce, Pescare

Fish: translate from English into Korean

생선, 물고기, 낚다, 수산 동물, 달러, ...한 사람, 돛대의 보강재, 상아로 만든 놀이용 산가지, 낚시질하다, 물속을 찾다, 개펄속을 찾다, 호주머니속을 찾다, 물고기가 낚이다, 이끌어내다, 고기잡이를 하다, 끌어올리다, 부목을 붙여서 보강하다

Fish: translate from English into Russian

Рыбы, Рыба, Ловить рыбу, Рыбный, Рыбачить, Удить, Рыбная ловля, Удить рыбу, Торпеда, Фишка, Шкало, Крабы, Устрицы, Доллар, Стыковая накладка, Подводная лодка, Соединять накладкой, Скреплять стыком, Тип

Fish: translate from English into Spanish

Pez, Pescar, Pescado, Faenar, Pío

Word origin

early 16th century: probably from French fiche, from ficher ‘to fix’, based on Latin figere .

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Fish synonims

angle

ˈæŋ.ɡəl

noun
The space (usually measured in degrees) between two intersecting lines or surfaces at or close to the point where they meet.
Usage examples:
In any triangle, the longest side is opposite the largest angle

verb
Direct or incline at an angle.
Usage examples:
He angled his chair so that he could watch her

noun
A fish hook.
Usage examples:
You will be pleased too, if you find a trout at one of our angles

Angle - all meanings in English

cast

kɑːst

verb
Cause (light or shadow) to appear on a surface.
Usage examples:
The moon cast a pale light over the cottages

noun
Throw the hooked and baited end of (a fishing line) out into the water.

verb
The actors taking part in a play, film, or other production.
Usage examples:
He draws sensitive performances from his inexperienced cast

Cast - all meanings in English

delve

delv

verb
Reach inside a receptacle and search for something.
Usage examples:
She delved in her pocket

verb
To search, especially as if by digging, in order to find a thing or information
Usage examples:
She delved into her pocket to find some change.

verb
To reach into something or under the surface of something trying find an object
Usage examples:
Delve into she delved into her pocket to find some change., delve for i grabbed my bag and delved f…

Delve - all meanings in English

fumble

ˈfʌm.bəl

verb
Do or handle something clumsily.
Usage examples:
She fumbled with the lock

noun
An act of doing or handling something clumsily.
Usage examples:
Just one fumble during a tyre change could separate the winners from the losers

verb
Feel about uncertainly or blindly

Fumble - all meanings in English

grope

ɡrəʊp

verb
Search blindly or uncertainly by feeling with the hands.
Usage examples:
She groped for her spectacles

noun
An act of fondling someone for sexual pleasure.
Usage examples:
She and steve sneaked off for a quick grope

verb
Feel about uncertainly or blindly

Grope - all meanings in English

hunt

verb
Pursue and kill (a wild animal) for sport or food.
Usage examples:
In the autumn they hunted deer

noun
An act of hunting wild animals or game.
Usage examples:
A bear-hunt

Hunt - all meanings in English

look

verb
Direct one's gaze toward someone or something or in a specified direction.
Usage examples:
People were looking at him

noun
An act of directing one's gaze in order to see someone or something.
Usage examples:
Let me get a closer look

exclamation
Used to call attention to what one is going to say.
Usage examples:
‘look, this is ridiculous.’

Look - all meanings in English

root about

phrasal verb
To search for something, especially by looking through other things
Usage examples:
She was rooting around in her drawer for a pencil.

Root about - all meanings in English

root around

phrasal verb
To search for something, especially by looking through other things
Usage examples:
She was rooting around in her drawer for a pencil.

Root around - all meanings in English

scrabble

verb
Scratch or grope around with one's fingers to find, collect, or hold on to something.
Usage examples:
She scrabbled at the grassy slope, desperate for purchase

noun
An act of scratching or scrambling for something.
Usage examples:
He heard the scrabble of claws behind him

verb
To move your hands or fingers quickly to find and pick up something, esp. something that you cannot see
Usage examples:
She scrabbled around in her bag, trying to find her keys.

Scrabble - all meanings in English

search

verb
Try to find something by looking or otherwise seeking carefully and thoroughly.
Usage examples:
I searched among the rocks, but there was nothing

noun
An act of searching for someone or something.
Usage examples:
The police carried out a thorough search of the premises

verb
Look or seek

Search - all meanings in English

seek

verb
Attempt to find (something).
Usage examples:
They came here to seek shelter from biting winter winds

Seek - all meanings in English

trawl

verb
Fish with a trawl net or seine.
Usage examples:
The boats trawled for flounder

noun
An act of fishing with a trawl net or seine.
Usage examples:
They had caught two trout on the lazy trawl up-lake

verb
To pull a large net through the sea behind a boat in order to catch fish

Trawl - all meanings in English

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