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Meaning of fishes

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

fishes

Pronunciation:/ˈfɪʃɪz/

noun

Definitions

  1. A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.

    Example: Salmon is a fish.

  2. Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.

  3. The flesh of the fish used as food.

    Example: The seafood pasta had lots of fish but not enough pasta.

  4. A card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.

noun

Definitions

  1. A period of time spent fishing.

    Example: The fish at the lake didn't prove successful.

  2. An instance of seeking something.

    Example: Merely two fishes for information told the whole story.

verb

Definitions

  1. To hunt fish or other aquatic animals.

    Example: She went to the river to fish for trout.

  2. To search (a body of water) for something other than fish.

    Example: They fished the surrounding lakes for the dead body.

  3. To use as bait when fishing.

  4. To (attempt to) find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects.

    Example: He was fishing for the keys in his pocket.

noun

Definitions

  1. A counter, used in various games.