Fish | Mean of fish in English Dictionary

/ˈfɪʃ/

• Noun
• a cold-blooded animal that lives in water, breathes with gills, and usually has fins and scales
1. a small fish
2. an ocean/river fish [=a kind of fish that lives in an ocean/river]
3. We caught several fish.
4. varieties of tropical fish
5. all the fishes of the sea
• the meat of a fish eaten as food
1. We're having fish for dinner.
• a person who is very well known or important in a small group of people but who is not known or important outside that group
1. In school he was a big fish in a small pond, but once he moved to the city he was just another struggling actor.

• a person who is in a place or situation that seems unnatural or uncomfortable
1. He's a small-town boy who feels like a fish out of water here in the big city.
• things to do or deal with
1. We'll have to address that problem tomorrow. Right now we've got other/bigger fish to fry. [=we've got other/bigger problems that we need to give our attention to]
• a person or thing that does not belong to a particular class or category
1. The movie is neither fish nor fowl—it's not really a comedy, but it's too lighthearted to be called a drama.
• a strange or unusual person
1. She's really quite an odd fish.
• Verb
• to catch or try to catch fish
1. I love to fish.
2. We spent the afternoon fishing for trout.
• to catch or try to catch fish in (a river, stream, etc.)
1. They fished the stream all morning.
• to search for something by feeling
1. She was fishing around in her purse for her keys.
• to ask for or try to get (something, such as praise or attention) in an indirect way
1. I think he offers apologies for his cooking as a way of fishing for compliments. [=as a way of getting people to say that they like the food he cooks]
2. fishing for answers
• to stop hesitating and choose to do or not do something
1. It's time for the company to fish or cut bait. We either take the job or turn it down.
• to pull (something) out of water or some other liquid
1. The police fished the car out of the harbor.
2. She fished the sugar packet out of her iced tea.
• to pull (something) out from a container, bag, etc.
1. She reached into her purse and fished out her keys.