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Noun

fish (Uncountable and Countable; Plural: fish, fishes)

  1. (Countable) A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives under water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
    Salmon and trout are species of fish.
  2. (Uncountable) The flesh of the fish seen as food.
    The seafood pasta had lots of fish but not enough pasta.

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Verb

to fish (fished, fished)

  1. To catch fish.
    She went to the river to fish for trout.
  2. Trying to get hold of an object among other objects.
    He was fishing for the keys in his pocket.

Translations

  • Breton: pesketa
  • Catalan: pescar
  • Danish: fiske
  • Dutch: vissen, hengelen, snoeken (when you are fishing this particular kind of fish)
  • Finnish: kalastaa, onkia (1, 2)
  • French: faire la pêche, pêcher
  • Frisian: fiskje
  • German: fischen, angeln
  • Guarani: kutu (transitive), pirakutu (intransitive) (1)
  • Indonesian: pancing
  • Interlingua: piscar (1, 2)
  • Italian: pescare
  • Japanese: 釣り (つり, tsuri)
  • Portuguese: pescar (1, 2); catar (2)
  • Romanian: pescui (1)
  • Russian: ловить рыбу (lovit' ribu, 1)
  • Spanish: pescar
  • Tok Pisin: huk

Adjective

fish

  1. Pertaining to fish (e.g. a fish dinner, a fish hook)

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