Results for fish

Definitions of fish:

part of speech: verb transitive

To search for fish; to search by sweeping; to draw out or up; to seek to obtain by artifice.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To try to catch fish; seek to gain something by indirect methods.

part of speech: noun

Counter or marker at cards; a piece of wood secured to another to strengthen it.

part of speech: verb transitive

To search in quest of fish; catch ( fish); seek for and bring to light; draw up.

part of speech: noun

An animal that lives in water, and breathes through gills; the flesh of fish; - pl. FISH or FISHES.

part of speech: verb

To seek to catch fish; to seek to obtain by artifice; to search by raking; to draw out or up.

part of speech: noun

A scaly animal living in water, breathing through gills instead of lungs; the flesh of fish used as food.

Usage examples for fish:

• " I don't believe that there are any fish said Preston. "Melbourne House", Elizabeth Wetherell

• " She's a fish in the water," said Bernel, " and she made me swim almost as soon as I could walk." "A Maid of the Silver Sea", John Oxenham

• Out to one side was a cute little fish pond, about a hundred feet across, and he was makin' a bee line for that. "Shorty McCabe", Sewell Ford