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Definition of FISH
1. Noun. Any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills. "In the living room there was a tank of colorful fish"
Generic synonyms: Aquatic Vertebrate
Terms within: Fish Scale, Roe, Milt, Lateral Line, Lateral Line Organ, Fin, Caudal Fin, Tail Fin, Fishbone
Group relationships: Pisces, School, Shoal
Derivative terms: Fishy
2. Verb. Seek indirectly. "Fish for compliments"
3. Noun. The flesh of fish used as food. "They have a chef who specializes in fish"
Specialized synonyms: Panfish, Stockfish, Anchovy, Eel, Gray Mullet, Grey Mullet, Mullet, Alewife, Schrod, Scrod, Haddock, Hake, Trout, Rock Salmon, Salmon, Shad, Smelt
4. Verb. Catch or try to catch fish or shellfish. "The men FISH for animals in the area"; "I like to go fishing on weekends"
Generic synonyms: Catch, Grab, Take Hold Of
Derivative terms: Fisher, Fishery, Fishing, Fishing
5. Noun. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces.
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Category relationships: Astrology, Star Divination
6. Noun. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20.
Generic synonyms: House, Mansion, Planetary House, Sign, Sign Of The Zodiac, Star Sign
Definition of FISH
1. n. A counter, used in various games.
2. n. A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of diverse characteristics, living in the water.
3. v. i. To attempt to catch fish; to be employed in taking fish, by any means, as by angling or drawing a net.
4. v. t. To catch; to draw out or up; as, to fish up an anchor.
Definition of FISH
1. Initialism. (genetics) w:Fluorescent in situ hybridization fluorescent in-situ hybridization; a technique used to identify whether a DNA sample has a specific sequence. ¹
2. Proper noun. (surname dot=, from=common nouns) from the common noun fish. ¹
3. Noun. A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills. ¹
4. Noun. (context: collectively) (plural of fish) ¹
5. Noun. (context: possibly archaic) Any animal that lives exclusively in water. ¹
6. Noun. The flesh of the fish used as food. ¹
7. Noun. A period of time spent fishing. ¹
8. Noun. An instance of seeking something. ¹
9. Noun. A card game in which the object is to obtain pairs of cards. ¹
10. Noun. (uncountable derogatory slang) A woman. ¹
11. Noun. (slang) An easy victim for swindling. ¹
12. Noun. (nautical) A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship. ¹
13. Noun. (nautical) Torpedo ¹
14. Noun. (poker slang) A bad poker player. ¹
15. Adjective. Of or relating to fish; piscine; ichthyic. ¹
16. Verb. (intransitive) To try to catch fish, whether successfully or not. ¹
17. Verb. (transitive) To try to find something other than fish in (a body of water). ¹
18. Verb. (intransitive) To attempt to find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects. ¹
19. Verb. (intransitive followed by "around") To attempt to obtain information by talking to people. ¹
20. Verb. (intransitive cricket) Of a batsman, to attempt to hit a ball outside off stump and miss it. ¹
21. Verb. (transitive figuratively followed by "for") To attempt to gain. ¹
22. Verb. (nautical) To repair a spar or mast using a brace often called a fish (see NOUN above). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of FISH
1. to catch or try to catch fish (cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates) [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Medical Definition of FISH
1. A physical mappingapproach that uses fluorescent tags to detect hybridisation of probes with metaphasechromosomes and with the less-condensed somatic interphase chromatin. (09 Oct 1997)