fish

¹fish

noun, often attributive \ˈfish\

plural fish or fish·es

Definition of FISH

1

a : an aquatic animal —usually used in combination <starfish> <cuttlefish> b : any of numerous cold-blooded strictly aquatic craniate vertebrates that include the bony fishes and usually the cartilaginous and jawless fishes and that have typically an elongated somewhat spindle-shaped body terminating in a broad caudal fin, limbs in the form of fins when present at all, and a 2-chambered heart by which blood is sent through thoracic gills to be oxygenated

2

: the flesh of fish used as food

3

a : a person who is caught or is wanted (as in a criminal investigation) b : fellow, person <an odd fish> c : sucker 5a

4

: something that resembles a fish: as a plural capitalized : pisces 1; also : pisces 2a b : torpedo 2b

— fish·less \ˈfish-ləs\ adjective

— fish·like \-ˌlīk\ adjective

— fish out of water

: a person who is in an unnatural or uncomfortable sphere or situation

— fish to fry

: concerns or interests to pursue —usually used with other

— neither fish nor fowl

: one that does not belong to a particular class or category

Examples of FISH

1. We're having fish for dinner.
2. <he's rather an odd fish>

Illustration of FISH

Origin of FISH

Middle English, from Old English fisc; akin to Old High German fisc fish, Latin piscis

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to FISH

Synonyms: baby, being, bird, bod [British], body, character, cookie (or cooky), creature, customer, devil, duck, egg, face, human, guy, head, human being, individual, life, man, mortal, party, person, personage, scout, slob, sort, soul, specimen, stiff, thing, wight

Related Words: hominid, homo, humanoid; brother, fellow, fellowman, neighbor; celebrity, personality, self, somebody

Near Antonyms: animal, beast, beastie, brute, critter

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Other Fishes Terms

char, chum, ichthyology, smelt, tetra, turbot