fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fĭsh
ipa: /fɪʃ/
ipa: /fɘʃ/
homophone: phish
homophone: ghoti
rhymes: -ɪʃ
Forms: form: fish
form: fishes
Etymology: From Middle English fisch, from Old English fisċ (“fish”), from Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- (“fish”).
Cognates
Cognate with Yola wish (“fish”), North Frisian fasch, fask, Fesk (“fish”), Saterland Frisian Fisk (“fish”), West Frisian fisk (“fish”), Cimbrian biss, visch, viss (“fish”), Dutch vis, visch (“fish”), Dutch Low Saxon, Mòcheno visch (“fish”), German Fisch (“fish”), German Low German Fösch (“fish”), Luxembourgish Fësch (“fish”), Yiddish פֿיש (fish, “fish”), Danish, Elfdalian, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish fisk (“fish”), Faroese, Icelandic fiskur (“fish”), Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (fisks, “fish”), Crimean Gothic fisct (“fish”). Compare Irish iasc (“fish”), Latin piscis (“fish”).
Senses: examples: text: Salmon is a fish.
text: The fishmonger sells fishes from all over the world.
text: Ichthyologists study the fish of the world.
text: We have many fish in our aquarium.
glosses: A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A paraphyletic grouping of the following taxonomic groups:
A jawless fish (paraphyletic infraphylum Agnatha).
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A paraphyletic grouping of the following taxonomic groups:
In infraphylum Gnathostomata:
A cartilaginous fish (class Chondrichthyes).
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A paraphyletic grouping of the following taxonomic groups:
In infraphylum Gnathostomata:
A bony fish (clade Osteichthyes), including tetrapods.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A paraphyletic grouping of the following taxonomic groups:
In infraphylum Gnathostomata:
A placoderm (paraphyletic class †Placodermi).
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A paraphyletic grouping of the following taxonomic groups:
In infraphylum Gnathostomata:
A spiny shark (paraphyletic class †Acanthodii)
examples: text: The whale, the limpet, the tortoise and the oyster… as men have been willing to give them all the name of fishes, it is wisest for us to conform.
ref: 1774, Oliver Goldsmith, History of the Earth and Animated Nature, volume IV:
text: Be it known that, waiving all argument, I take the good old fashioned ground that the whale is a fish, and call upon holy Jonah to back me.
ref: 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
glosses: Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.
glosses: Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.
Now used in combination: (e.g., starfish, cuttlefish, jellyfish, etc).
glosses: Cod; codfish.
examples: text: The seafood pasta had lots of fish but not enough pasta.
text: Though Lena is a vegetarian, she doesn't have any problem with eating fish.
text: Include low-mercury fish in your diet (such as salmon) and eat at least five servings a day of fruit and vegetables, especially dark leafy greens, broccoli, and cauliflower. Avoid saturated and trans fats, which may hasten brain aging.
ref: 2012 March, “Flexing your brain”, in Consumer Reports on Health, volume 24, number 3, page 9:
glosses: The flesh of the fish used as food.
examples: text: Since the semi-aquatic beaver was a skilled swimmer, the Church declared it to be a fish for dietary purposes.
ref: 2017 April 7, sjchurchadmin, Saint Joachim Catholic Church:
text: Throughout the Catholic Church's long history, archbishops and other prominent church leaders have made numerous declarations about which animals can be considered "fish for the purposes of Lent, even if those animals have virtually no similarities to fish in a scientific sense.
ref: 2023 February 20, William Taylor Potter, The Daily Advertiser:
text: During the 17th and 18th centuries, Catholics around the world began to liberally interpret "fish" as any aquatic-based creature, despite blood temperature, and created local meat exceptions that remain in place today.
ref: 2023 March 9, Jessie Molloy, Tasting Table:
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: An aquatic or semiaquatic animal suitable for consumption during fasting on Fridays during Lent.
glosses: 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.
glosses: An easy victim for swindling.
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: A bad poker player. Compare shark (a good poker player).
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A purchase used to fish the anchor.
examples: text: The second and third fish went to the middle of her long superstructure and under her forward deck.
ref: 1977, Richard O'Kane, Clear the Bridge: The War Patrols of the U.S.S. Tang, Ballantine Books, published 2003, page 344:
text: As we came off patrol we had some torpedoes fired at us by an enemy submarine but we dived out of the way. About April 10 we fired our fish in two salvoes at a convoy.
ref: 1999, John Winton, The Submariners: Life in British Submarines 1901-1999, page 114:
topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: A torpedo (self-propelled explosive device).
topics: cartomancy
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The thirty-fourth Lenormand card.
glosses: A (feminine) woman. (See also fishy.)
examples: text: When a young male enters the prison system he is looked over and is labeled a FISH.
ref: 1986 April 19, Michael Rathbone, “Tell Someone”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
glosses: A new (usually vulnerable) prisoner.
examples: text: Him father is a fish so mi know say it's sprat dat
ref: 2007, “Touch The Road” (track 18), in Gangsta for Life: The Symphony of David Brooks, performed by Mavado (singer):
english: His father is a homosexual, so I know that he is too.
translation: His father is a homosexual, so I know that he is too.
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text: Bere gunman deh ya we nuh fren fish (hey bwoy)
ref: 2021 August 4, “Street Cred”performed by Skeng:
english: Lots of gunmen are here, we don't befriend gay men (hey boy)
translation: Lots of gunmen are here, we don't befriend gay men (hey boy)
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glosses: A male homosexual; a gay man.
qualifier: LGBTQ slang; sometimes problematic; LGBTQ slang; sometimes problematic
glosses: A drag queen or transgender woman who looks like a cisgender woman.
topics: cellular-automata
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A spaceship.
Synonyms: sense: potential swindling victim
word: mark
sense: card game
word: Go Fish
sense: bad poker player
word: donkey
sense: bad poker player
word: donk
word: fish
Hypernyms: word: vertebrate
word: animal
Hyponyms: sense: Cephalaspidomorphi, Chondrichthyes, Osteichthyes
word: aquatic cold-blooded vertabrae with gills
topics: food
lifestyle
word: seafood
word: abyssal fish
word: alligator fish
word: angel fish
word: angler fish
word: auger fish
word: backspot flying fish
word: basa fish
word: blowfish
word: blow fish
word: bluefish
word: bony fish
word: buffalo fish
word: butterfly fish
word: chalk fish
word: cleaner fish
word: clown fish
word: coarse fish
word: cucumber fish
word: Darwin fish
word: date fish
word: dingo fish
word: discus fish
word: do fish swim
word: dogfish
word: dolphin fish
word: dragonfish
word: electric fish
word: elephantnose fish
word: ex-lax fish
word: feeder fish
word: fighting fish
word: fish dive
word: fish doctor
word: fish locoweed
word: fish mint
word: flashlight fish
word: flying fish
word: food fish
word: foul fish
word: four-eyed fish
word: game fish
word: gefilte fish
word: gefullte fish
word: gefulte fish
word: gefüllte fish
word: gefülte fish
word: goatfish
word: goldfish
word: headlight fish
word: Jesus fish
word: jewfish
word: jew-fish
word: labyrinth fish
word: lantern fish
word: line fish
word: lion fish
word: lumpfish
word: mandarin fish
word: mango fish
word: Margate fish
word: Margaret fish
word: margate fish
word: Mexican walking fish
word: midshipman fish
word: millions fish
word: neon fish
word: nettle fish
word: nibble fish
word: nigger fish
word: onion fish
word: peacock fish
word: penis fish
word: Peters's elephantnose fish
word: pilot fish
word: pinecone fish
word: pleco fish
word: pompadour fish
word: porcupine fish
word: rapier-fish
word: rifle fish
word: rockfish
word: rock fish
word: rose fish
word: rough fish
word: royal fish
word: sabertooth fish
word: sailfish
word: samson fish
word: sargassum fish
word: saucepan fish
word: sea fish
word: Siamese fighting fish
word: singing fish
word: sport fish
word: squaw fish
word: St. Peter's fish
word: sucking-fish
word: Suleah fish
word: surgeonfish
word: tamarind fish
word: tapioca fish
word: trash fish
word: tropical fish
word: tuna fish
word: urchin fish
word: walking fish
word: wet fish
word: what the fish
word: whitefish
word: wolffish
word: X-ray fish
word: zebra fish
word: flatfish
word: carp
word: roach
word: lamprey
word: pike
word: catfish
word: trout
word: mackerel
word: salmon
word: herring
word: eel
word: sardine
word: tuna
word: shark
word: ray
Coordinate terms: word: whale
word: dolphin
word: porpoise
Meronyms: word: fin
word: gill
Derived terms: word: alligatorfish
word: all's fish that comes to the net
word: all is fish that comes to the net
word: amberfish
word: anemonefish
word: anemone fish
word: angelfish
word: anglerfish
word: antifish
word: archerfish
word: assfish
word: a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle
word: a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle
word: baitfish
word: balloonfish
word: bandfish
word: bannerfish
word: barberfish
word: barfish
word: barrelfish
word: batfish
word: beakfish
word: beardfish
word: bellowfish
word: bellowsfish
word: beltfish
word: big fish
word: big fish eat little fish
word: big fish in a little pond
word: big fish in a small pond
word: big-fish-little-pond effect
word: bigger fish in the sea
word: bigger fish to fry
word: billfish
word: blackfish
word: blindfish
word: blobfish
word: boarfish
word: bonefish
word: bottlefish
word: boxfish
word: broodfish
word: bumperfish
word: burfish
word: burrfish
word: butterfish
word: butterflyfish
word: candlefish
word: cardinalfish
word: catfish
word: cavefish
word: clingfish
word: clownfish
word: coalfish
word: cobblerfish
word: cockfish
word: cofferfish
word: cold fish
word: combfish
word: coralfish
word: cornetfish
word: cowfish
word: crabfish
word: crampfish
word: creekfish
word: crestfish
word: crooked as a barrel of fish hooks
word: crossfish
word: cry stinking fish
word: cucumberfish
word: cutlassfish
word: cutlass fish
word: cuttlefish
word: damselfish
word: dartfish
word: dead fish
word: defish
word: dither fish
word: doctorfish
word: dollarfish
word: dolphinfish
word: doomsday fish
word: dreamfish
word: dried-fish woman
word: driftfish
word: drink like a fish
word: drumfish
word: dull fish
word: dumb as a fish
word: dunfish
word: electrofish
word: elephantfish
word: filefish
word: firefish
word: fishability
word: fish acute toxicity syndrome
word: fish and brewis
word: fish-and-chipper
word: fish and chippery
word: fish and chips
word: fish 'n' chips
word: fish and company stink after three days
word: fishapod
word: fishbait
word: fishball
word: fish ball
word: fish-ball
word: fish-basket
word: fish beam
word: fish-bellied
word: fishbelly
word: fishberry
word: fish-blooded
word: fishboat
word: fish boil
word: fishbolt
word: fishbone
word: fishborne
word: fishbowl
word: fish bowl
word: fish-brain
word: fish-brained
word: fishburger
word: fish cage
word: fishcake
word: fish-cake
word: fish cake
word: fish camp
word: fishcamp
word: fishcatcher
word: fish coop
word: fish cop
word: fish corral
word: fish crow
word: fishculture
word: fish duck
word: fish eagle
word: fish-eating
word: fish-eating crocodile
word: fish-eating grin
word: fish-eating rat
word: fishen
word: fisher
word: fisher cat
word: fisherman
word: fishetarian
word: fisheye
word: fish eye
word: fish-eyed
word: fish-eye lens
word: fish-fag
word: fishfag
word: fish farm
word: fish farmer
word: fish farming
word: fish feed
word: fish-filled
word: fishfinder
word: fishfinding
word: fish finger
word: fishfly
word: fish food
word: fish fork
word: fish fry
word: fishful
word: fish fur
word: fish garth
word: fishgarth
word: fishgig
word: fish gig
word: fish glue
word: fish-handler's disease
word: fish-hawk
word: fish hawk
word: fishhawk
word: fishhead
word: fish-head
word: fish head
word: fishhook
word: fish hook
word: fish-hook theory
word: fish-horn
word: fish horn
word: fish-house
word: fish house
word: fishhouse
word: fish hurricane
word: fishie
word: fishify
word: fish in troubled waters
word: fishish
word: fishjoint
word: fishkeeper
word: fishkeeping
word: fish kettle
word: fishkill
word: fish kill
word: fishkind
word: fish-knife
word: fish knife
word: fish kropeck
word: fish ladder
word: Fish Lake
word: fishless
word: fishlet
word: fishlife
word: fishlike
word: fishling
word: fish lips
word: fish louse
word: fishlouse
word: fishly
word: fish malodor syndrome
word: fishman
word: fishmarket
word: fishmeal
word: fish meal
word: fishmonger
word: fish-mongress
word: fish mongress
word: fish moon
word: fishmoth
word: fishmouth
word: fisho
word: fish odor syndrome
word: fish oil
word: fish or cut bait
word: fish-out-of-water
word: fish out of water
taxonomic: Ketupa spp.
word: fish owl
word: fish paper
word: fish pass
word: fishpaste
word: fish paste
word: fish pedicure
word: fishplate
word: fish poison tree
word: fish pole
word: fishpole
word: fishpond
word: fish-pond
word: fish pond
word: fishpool
word: fishpot
word: fish pot
word: fishpound
word: fish pound
word: fishpox
word: fishroom
word: fish sauce
word: fishscale
word: fish-scale
word: fish scale
word: fish science
word: fish sciences
word: fish scrap
word: fishseller
word: fish shambles
word: fishsicle
word: fishskin
word: fish skin
word: fishskin disease
word: fish slice
word: fish soup
word: fishspear
word: fish steps
word: fish stick
word: fish stock
word: fish storm
word: fish story
word: fish strainer
word: fish supper
word: fishtail
word: fish-tail
word: fish tail
word: fish tale
word: fishtank
word: fish tank
word: fish tape
word: Fishtar
word: fish tea
word: fish therapy
word: fish to fry
word: fish-trap
word: fish trap
word: fish trowel
word: fish warden
word: fish water
word: fishway
word: fishweir
word: fish wheel
word: fishwich
word: fishwife
word: fishwoman
word: fishworker
word: fishworks
word: fishworm
word: fishwort
word: fish wrap
word: fish-wrap
word: fish wrapper
word: fishy
word: fishyback
word: flagfish
word: flatfish
word: flyfish
word: fly-fish
word: footballfish
word: foxfish
word: Frankenfish
word: frogfish
word: frostfish
word: gamefish
word: garfish
word: gemfish
word: ghostfish
word: give a man a fish
word: give a man a fish and you feed him for a day
word: teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime
word: glassfish
word: globefish
word: go fish
word: goosefish
word: greenfish
word: groundfish
word: ground fish
word: guardfish
word: guitarfish
word: gunnel fish
word: hagfish
word: hairyfish
word: hammerfish
word: handfish
word: harvestfish
word: hatchetfish
word: hatfish
word: have other fish to fry
word: headfish
word: henfish
word: hogfish
word: horsefish
word: houndfish
word: ice fish
word: icefish
word: I don't eat fish
word: inkfish
word: jackfish
word: janitor fish
word: jawfish
word: jellyfish
word: jelly-fish
word: jelly fish
word: jewelfish
word: jugfish
word: kelpfish
word: kettle of fish
word: kingfish
word: knifefish
word: ladyfish
word: lancefish
word: lancetfish
word: lanternfish
word: leaffish
word: lemonfish
word: like shooting fish in a barrel
word: line fisher
word: line fishing
word: lionfish
word: lizardfish
word: loose fish
word: lungfish
word: lutefish
word: mad as a fish
word: make fish of one and flesh of another
word: make fish of one and fowl of another
word: marblefish
word: mayfish
word: medusafish
word: megafish
word: milkfish
word: mock fish
word: moonfish
word: more important fish to fry
word: mosquitofish
word: mosquito fish
word: mousefish
word: mudfish
word: muttonfish
word: needlefish
word: neither fish, flesh, nor fowl
word: neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring
word: neither fish nor flesh, nor good red herring
word: neither fish nor flesh
word: neither fish nor fowl
word: nonfish
word: noodlefish
word: numbfish
word: nurseryfish
word: oarfish
word: odd fish
word: oilfish
word: one man's fish is another man's poison
word: one man's fish is another man's poisson
word: only dead fish go with the flow
word: other fish in the sea
word: outfish
word: overfish
word: oysterfish
word: paddlefish
word: paleofish
word: panfish
word: pan fish
word: paradisefish
word: parrotfish
word: pearlfish
word: penfish
word: pigfish
word: pinfish
word: pipefish
word: platyfish
word: plunderfish
word: pondfish
word: poolfish
word: porcupinefish
word: pricklefish
word: pufferfish
word: puff-fish
word: pupfish
word: purple-fish
word: queenfish
word: queer fish
word: quillfish
word: rabbitfish
word: ragfish
word: rainbowfish
word: ratfish
word: razorfish
word: redfish
word: reedfish
word: reeffish
word: reef-fish
word: ribbonfish
word: ricefish
word: robofish
word: rockfish
word: roosterfish
word: ropefish
word: roundfish
word: rudderfish
word: sablefish
word: sabrefish
word: salamanderfish
word: saltfish
word: sandfish
word: sawfish
word: scabbardfish
word: scabbard fish
word: scalefish
word: scorpionfish
word: sergeant fish
word: sheathfish
word: shellfish
word: shorefish
word: shovelfish
word: shrimpfish
word: silver dollar fish
word: silverfish
word: skatefish
word: skyfish
word: sleep with the fishes
word: snailfish
word: snakefish
word: snipefish
word: soapfish
word: soldierfish
word: so long, and thanks for all the fish
word: soup and fish
word: soup-and-fish
word: soup-and-fish suit
word: spadefish
word: spearfish
word: spikefish
word: spookfish
word: sportfish
word: spoutfish
word: squawfish
word: squirefish
word: squirrelfish
word: starfish
word: steakfish
word: stingfish
word: stockfish
word: stonefish
word: strange fish
word: studfish
word: suckerfish
word: suckfish
word: sunfish
word: swallowfish
word: swellfish
word: swim like a fish
word: swordfish
word: telescopefish
word: the cat would eat fish but would not wet her feet
word: the fish rots from the head
word: there are plenty more fish in the sea
word: there are plenty of fish in the sea
word: there's always a bigger fish
word: there's plenty more fish in the sea
word: thornfish
word: threadfish
word: Threefish
word: tigerfish
word: tilefish
word: tinfish
word: tin fish
word: toadfish
word: tofish
word: tonguefish
word: toothfish
word: torrentfish
word: towfish
word: treefish
word: triggerfish
word: trumpetfish
word: trunkfish
word: tunnyfish
word: turbofish
word: turkeyfish
word: underfish
word: unfishiness
word: unfishy
word: unicornfish
word: velvetfish
word: victor fish
word: viperfish
word: wallfish
word: weakfish
word: weatherfish
word: wedgefish
word: weedfish
word: weeverfish
word: whalefish
word: what does that have to do with the price of fish
word: whistlefish
word: whitefish
word: wingfish
word: wolffish
word: wooden fish
word: wormfish
word: wreckfish
word: yellowfish
word: yellowtail reef fish
word: zebrafish
Related terms: word: fishly
word: piscine
word: fishy
sense: astronomical
word: The Fish
sense: astronomical
word: Pisces
word: piscifauna
sense: combinatorial form
word: pisci-
sense: fish-catcher
word: fisher
sense: fish-eater
word: piscivore
word: piscicolous
sense: fish-killing
word: piscicidal
sense: fish-like
word: fishly
topics: culinary
cuisine
food
lifestyle
sense: fish-like
word: piscose
sense: fish-like
word: fishy
sense: fish-like
word: fishlike
topics: science
sciences
fish
ichthyology
zoology
biology
natural-sciences
word: fishlore
topics: science
sciences
fish
ichthyology
zoology
biology
natural-sciences
alt: irreg.
word: piscatology
sense: fish-shaped
word: pisciform
sense: fish vendor
word: fishmonger
sense: fish vendor
word: piscitarian
sense: full of fish
word: fishful
sense: full of fish
word: pisculent
sense: skin disorder
word: fish-skin disease
sense: state of being a fish
word: fishdom
sense: state of being a fish
word: fishhood
sense: state of being a fish
word: piscinity
sense: state of being a fish
word: fishiness
word: Actinopterygii
word: bony fish, cartilaginous fish
word: finned fish
word: finfish
word: Osteichthyes
word: Sarcopterygii
word: :Category:Fish
word: Appendix:Fish