to fish
- verb
- /fɪʃ/
- In 1992, only one vessel fished for hagfish off Canada, and there was only one buyer.
- catch fish
- fish for tuna
- fish for shrimp
And ourselves, we'd rather teach people to fish rather than give people fish.
- And ourselves, we'd rather teach people to fish rather than give people fish.
- I'm going out there for three days, hunt, fish, do all the stuff you love to do.
- I mean, I, I went fishing this summer in Alaska.
- I mean, so I'm not doing like I grew up fishing with with some Hawaiians.
- And he fishes and he he's good, huh?
Examples
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We just fished this out of the river.
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You go down there and you fish among those stumps down by the point.
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We got to be able to fish this in here.
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We're talking to people that have got to fish this thing out of the sea.
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Now, we can fish for ourselves.
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I fish in the neighborhood all the time.
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Indeed, if we did not fish regularly, we did not always have enough to eat.
Fiction book (1991) -
In the 1980s, about 12 of these boats fished in the bay regularly.
Academic text (1990) -
We'd started out the day expecting to fish for a great gamefish, the chinook salmon.
Fiction book (1992) -
After buying a new fishing rod, he plans to fish at the lake every weekend.
Synonyms
To fish with small fake flies using a special rod
To catch small sea animals with a long body for food, often from a boat
To hunt large sea fish with sharp teeth for a living
To catch fish with a net
To catch fish using nets that trap them by their gills
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
An important person in a small group who has more power than elsewhere
- Informal
Not clearly one thing or another so people cannot decide what it is
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
A simple card game for two or more players where they ask for cards to make sets of four
A traditional Jewish dish of cooked balls made from ground fish mixed with eggs and breadcrumbs
- Formal
A US government agency that protects wild animals, fish, and their habitats
A small colorful tropical sea fish with a flat body and wide fins, often near coral reefs
- Specialized
A bony fish with a jaw that can move and a symmetrical tail, like salmon or goldfish
A salad made from canned tuna mixed with mayonnaise and chopped vegetables like celery or onion
A United States government agency that protects wild animals, plants and their homes
- Specialized
A sea animal like a starfish with many thin, branched arms around a round middle body
A flying fish with large front and back fins that lets it glide far above water
- Specialized
A long sea fish with little or no scales, large side fins, and small lower fins near the shore
- Specialized
A freshwater fish from Central or South America and Africa that is often brightly colored and kept in aquariums
- Specialized
A colorful freshwater fish from warm regions that people often keep in fish tanks
A small bright orange fish with white stripes that lives among sea anemones for protection
- Specialized
A small sea fish like herring or sardine that swims in large groups and is used for food
- US
A deep sea fish in the tropical Atlantic with bright purple and yellow colors and a long body
- Specialized
A sea catfish from the Caribbean with a bone shaped like a cross in its head
- Specialized
A brightly colored tropical fish with sharp spines found in the Caribbean
- Specialized
A brightly colored fish with no scales that lives in cold northern waters
A light creamy dish that blends cooked fish with cream and eggs, often served as a starter
How Thoroughly
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fish comes from an old German word fisc meaning 'fish', and people long ago used the same word as a verb—so to fish is simply to 'catch' or try to catch fish, just like a fisherman does.