fish
noun
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
“the shark is a large fish”
“in the living room there was a tank of colorful fish”
the flesh of fish used as food
“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”
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces
SynonymsPiscesthe twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20
verb
seek indirectly
“fish for compliments”
Synonymsanglecatch or try to catch fish or shellfish
“I like to go fishing on weekends”
Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University
