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:
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" 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