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Fish Catch Food Form Sport Recreation River Fishing

query
If you f___, you try to catch fish, either for food or as a form of sport or recreation .If you fish, you try to catch fish, either for food or as a form of sport or recreation .
Brian remembers learning to fish in the River Cam.
word fish
full-definition
noun
A fish is a creature that lives in water and has a tail and fins. There are many different kinds of fish.
I was chatting to an islander who had just caught a fish.
The fish were counted and an average weight recorded.
Fish is the flesh of a fish eaten as food.
Does dry white wine go best with fish?
verb
If you fish, you try to catch fish, either for food or as a form of sport or recreation .
Brian remembers learning to fish in the River Cam.
If you fish a particular area of water, you try to catch fish in it.
On Saturday we fished the River Arno.
If you say that someone is fishing for information or praise, you disapprove of the fact that they are trying to get it from someone in an indirect way.
He didn't want to create the impression that he was fishing for information.
'Lucinda, you don't have to talk to him!' Mike shouted. 'He's just fishing.'
inflections fishesfishesfishingfished
cefr-level A2

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a2

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