ALL meanings of fish
fish
F f - noun plural fish (loosely) any of various other aquatic animals. 2
- noun fish aquatic animal 1
- noun fish fish meat as food 1
- transitive verb fish fish: try to catch 1
- intransitive verb fish go angling 1
- intransitive verb fish search, rummage 1
- noun fish dollar 1
- intransitive verb fish seek: compliments, etc. 1
- transitive verb fish search through 1
- noun fish A flat plate of metal, wood, or another material that is fixed on a beam or across a joint in order to give additional strength, esp. on a ship's damaged mast or spar as a temporary repair. 1
- noun plural fish any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales. 1
- noun plural fish the flesh of fishes used as food. 1
- noun plural fish Fishes, Astronomy, Astrology. the constellation or sign of Pisces. 1
- noun plural fish Informal. a person: an odd fish; a poor fish. 1
- noun plural fish a long strip of wood, iron, etc., used to strengthen a mast, joint, etc. 1
- noun plural fish Cards Slang. an incompetent player whose incompetence can be exploited. 1
- noun plural fish Slang. a dollar: He sold the car for 500 fish. 1
- noun plural fish Slang. a new prison inmate. 1
- verb with object fish to catch or attempt to catch (any species of fish or the like). 1
- verb with object fish to try to catch fish in (a stream, lake, etc.): Let's fish the creek. 1
- verb with object fish to draw, as by fishing (often followed by up or out): He fished a coin out of his pocket for the boy. 1
- verb with object fish to search through, as by fishing. 1
- verb with object fish Nautical. to secure (an anchor) by raising the flukes. to reinforce (a mast or other spar) by fastening a spar, batten, metal bar, or the like, lengthwise over a weak place. 1
- verb without object fish to catch or attempt to catch fish, as by angling or drawing a net. 1
- verb without object fish to search carefully: He fished through all his pockets but his wallet was gone. 1
- verb without object fish to seek to obtain something indirectly or by artifice: to fish for compliments; to fish for information. 1
- verb without object fish to search for or attempt to catch onto something under water, in mud, etc., by the use of a dredge, rake, hook, or the like. 1
- verb without object fish to attempt to recover detached tools or other loose objects from an oil or gas well. 1
- idioms fish drink like a fish, to drink alcoholic beverages to excess: Nobody invites him out because he drinks like a fish. 1
- idioms fish fish in troubled waters, to take advantage of troubled or uncertain conditions for personal profit. 1
- idioms fish fish or cut bait, to choose a definite course of action, especially to decide whether to participate in or retreat from an activity. 1
- idioms fish fish out of water, a person out of his or her proper or accustomed environment: He felt like a fish out of water in an academic atmosphere. 1
- idioms fish neither fish nor fowl, having no specific character or conviction; neither one nor the other. 1
- idioms fish other fish to fry, other matters requiring attention: When it was time to act, they had other fish to fry. 1
- noun fish Hamilton, 1808–93, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1869–77. 1
- noun Definition of fish in Technology (Adelaide University, Australia) 1. Another metasyntactic variable. See foo. Derived originally from the Monty Python skit in the middle of "The Meaning of Life" entitled "Find the Fish". 2. (storage) microfiche. A microfiche file cabinet may be referred to as a "fish tank". 1
- noun fish (Countable Noun) SLA An easy victim for swindling. 0
- noun fish (Countable Noun) (poker slang) A bad poker player. 0
- noun fish (Countable Noun) (nautical) A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship. 0
- noun fish (nautical) A purchase used to fish the anchor. 0
- noun fish (Countable Noun) (nautical) A torpedo. 0
- noun fish (zoology) A paraphyletic grouping of the following extant taxonomic groups. 0
- noun fish (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A counter, used in various games. 0
- verb fish (Intransitive Verb) To try to catch fish, whether successfully or not. 0
- verb fish (Transitive Verb) To try to find something other than fish in (a body of water). 0
- verb fish (Intransitive Verb) To attempt to find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects. 0
- verb fish (Intransitive Verb) (followed by "around") To attempt to obtain information by talking to people. 0
- verb fish (Intransitive Verb) (cricket) Of a batsman, to attempt to hit a ball outside off stump and miss it. 0
- verb fish (Transitive Verb) (figuratively, followed by "for") To attempt to gain. 0
- verb fish (nautical) To repair a spar or mast using a brace often called a fish (see Noun above). 0