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The Meaning of fish
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(n.) A counter, used in various games.
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(pl. ) of Fish
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(n.) A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of diverse characteristics, living in the water.
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(n.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See Pisces.
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(n.) The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.
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(n.) The flesh of fish, used as food.
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(n.) A purchase used to fish the anchor.
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(n.) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish, used to strengthen a mast or yard.
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(v. i.) To attempt to catch fish; to be employed in taking fish, by any means, as by angling or drawing a net.
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(v. i.) To seek to obtain by artifice, or indirectly to seek to draw forth; as, to fish for compliments.
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(v. t.) To catch; to draw out or up; as, to fish up an anchor.
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(v. t.) To search by raking or sweeping.
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(v. t.) To try with a fishing rod; to catch fish in; as, to fish a stream.
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(v. t.) To strengthen (a beam, mast, etc.), or unite end to end (two timbers, railroad rails, etc.) by bolting a plank, timber, or plate to the beam, mast, or timbers, lengthwise on one or both sides. See Fish joint, under Fish, n.
Synonyms
tip
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slant
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lean
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angle
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tilt
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weight
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search
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seek
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look for
Homophones
fisch
Rhymes
angelfish
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bisch
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bish
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blish
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catfish
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commish
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crawfish
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cuttlefish
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dealfish
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demisch
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disch
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dish
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dogfish
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fisch
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flatfish
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frisch
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gish
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goldfish
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goosefish
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isch
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jellyfish
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jewfish
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kish
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kishke
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klish
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knish
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krisch
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ladish
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lish
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lungfish
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mcclish
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mclish
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mcnish
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misch
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mish
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needlefish
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queenfish
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redfish
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risch
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rish
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sailfish
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shellfish
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starfish
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sunfish
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swish
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swordfish
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trish
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whish
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whitefish
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wisch
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wish
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wisz