fish

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Fish

fish is on the Basic English 850 List.

first - fish - fixed

fish is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

first - fish - fit

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /fɪʃ/
• SAMPA: /fIS/

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Noun

Singular fish

Plural fish or fishes

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1. (countable) A fish is an animal that lives in the water and has scales and gills.

   When I went fishing, I only caught two fish.

2. (uncountable) Fish is the meat of a fish.

   White wine goes well with fish.

• 
  A fish
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  A fish
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  A lot of fish
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  Ten different fishes

Verb

Plain form fish

Third-person singular fishes

Past tense fished

Past participle fished

Present participle fishing

1. To fish means to catch fish, or to get other things that are in the water.

   He fished the ball out of the river.

Related words

• fisherman