fish
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,453 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 12,643 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills the shark is a large fishin the living room there was a tank of colorful fish
- the flesh of fish used as food in Japan most fish is eaten rawafter 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 also: Pisces
- the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20 also: Pisces, Pisces the Fishes
verb
- seek indirectly also: angle fish for compliments
- catch or try to catch fish or shellfish I like to go fishing on weekends
fish in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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After lunch Grandfather said, "It will never do to go home without any fish at all."
The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1
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Then she began scraping one of the fish, and when it was cleaned she lighted the fire.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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I had soup, fish, meat, and pastry, and, for the first time in my life, a glass of wine.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete · George Meredith · Chapter 1
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Jest fancy me slinging my 'ook For old Turmutshire, going out nuttin', or bobbing for fish in a brook!
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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You were but a small fish then: you accommodated yourself with what your patrons, the sharks, did not care about.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1