Fish Person Fɪʃ Noun Caught Pool Silvery Darting

• they caught several fish.
• in the pool she could see little silvery fish darting around.
• tropical/marine/freshwater fish
• herring are relatively oily fish.

fish

1. a creature that lives in water, breathes through gills, and uses fins and a tail for swimming
• SEE ALSO coarse fish
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/coarse-fish
• They caught several fish.
• In the pool she could see little silvery fish darting around.
• tropical/marine/freshwater fish
• Herring are relatively oily fish.
• shoals (= groups) of fish
• There are about 30 000 species of fish in the world.
• The list of endangered species includes nearly 600 fishes.
• a fish tank/pond
• Fish stocks in the Baltic are in decline.
• Fish farming has boomed in the past three decades.

Extra Examples

• He landed a big fish.
• I cleaned and filleted the fish.
• The fish aren't biting (= taking the bait ) today.
• fish farmed in Canada
2. the soft part of fish that is eaten as food
• SEE ALSO salt fish
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/salt-fish
• a regular diet of fresh fish
• fried/grilled/smoked/dried fish
• fish pie/soup
• The chef's fish dishes are his speciality.
• Fish forms the main part of their diet.

Extra Examples

• Remove the skin and flake the cooked fish.
• This fish tastes funny.
3. used to emphasize how easy it is to do something
• What do you mean you can't do it? It'll be like shooting fish in a barrel!
4. an important person (in a small community)
5. a person who seems unfriendly and without strong emotions
6. a completely different situation or person from the one previously mentioned
7. to drink a lot of alcohol regularly
• Simon was drinking like a fish that evening.
8. a person who feels uncomfortable because he or she is in an environment that is not familiar
9. to have more important or more interesting things to do
10. neither one thing nor another
• The hovercraft has always suffered from the fact that it is neither fish nor fowl.
11. a person who is slightly strange or crazy
12. used to comfort somebody whose romantic relationship has ended by saying that there are many other people with whom they may have a successful relationship in the future

Word Origin

• Old English fisc (as a noun denoting any animal living exclusively in water), fiscian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vis, vissen and German Fisch, fischen.