noun
- Any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills.
- usage: "the shark is a large fish"; "in the living room there was a tank of colorful fish"
- The flesh of fish used as food.
- usage: "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"; "they have a chef who specializes in fish"
- Astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces.
- synonyms: Pisces
- The twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20.
- synonyms: Pisces, Pisces the Fishes
verb
- Seek indirectly.
- usage: "fish for compliments"
- synonyms: angle
- Catch or try to catch fish or shellfish.
- usage: "I like to go fishing on weekends"
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