Other Definitions
fish (enc)
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Fish| Noun | 1. | fish - any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills; "the shark is a large fish"; "in the livingroom there was a tank of colorful fish"bottom feeder - a fish that feeds on the bottom of a body of water fish scale - scale of the kind that covers the bodies of fish roe - eggs of female fish milt - seminal fluid produced by male fish fin - organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals Pisces - a group of vertebrates comprising both cartilaginous and bony fishes and sometimes including the jawless vertebrates; not used technically food fish - any fish used for food by human beings rough fish - any fish useless for food or sport or even as bait mouthbreeder - any of various fishes that carry their eggs and their young in their mouths spawner - a female fish at spawning time northern snakehead - a voracious freshwater fish that is native to northeastern China; can use fin to walk and can survive out of water for three days; a threat to American populations of fish bony fish - any fish of the class Osteichthyes shoal, school - a large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish swam by" | | | 2. | 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"; "they have a chef who specializes in fish"food - any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment; "food and drink" panfish - any of numerous small food fishes; especially those caught with hook and line and not available on the market stockfish - fish cured by being split and air-dried without salt anchovy - tiny Mediterranean fishes usually canned or salted; used for hors d'oeuvres or as seasoning in sauces eel - the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled alewife - flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams schrod, scrod - flesh of young Atlantic cod weighing up to 2 pounds; also young haddock and pollock; often broiled haddock - lean white flesh of fish similar to but smaller than cod; usually baked or poached or as fillets sauteed or fried hake - the lean flesh of a fish similar to cod trout - flesh of any of several primarily freshwater game and food fishes rock salmon - any of several coarse fishes (such as dogfish or wolffish) when used as food salmon - flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae shad - bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coast smelt - small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water | | | 3. | Fish - (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces | | | 4. | Fish - the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20 | | | Verb | 1. | fish - seek indirectly; "fish for compliments"look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county" | | | 2. | fish - catch or try to catch fish or shellfish; "I like to go fishing on weekends"seine - fish with a seine; catch fish with a seine rail - fish with a hand-line over the rails of a boat; "They are railing for fresh fish" brail - haul fish aboard with brails trawl - fish with trawlers still-fish - fish with the line and bait resting still or stationary in the water grab, take hold of, catch - take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!" | |
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