fish
verb/fɪʃ/
/fɪʃ/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they fish | /fɪʃ/ /fɪʃ/ |
| he / she / it fishes | /ˈfɪʃɪz/ /ˈfɪʃɪz/ |
| past simple fished | /fɪʃt/ /fɪʃt/ |
| past participle fished | /fɪʃt/ /fɪʃt/ |
| -ing form fishing | /ˈfɪʃɪŋ/ /ˈfɪʃɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to try to catch fish with nets, a fishing line, etc.
- The trawler was fishing off the coast of Iceland.
- Several people were fishing in the river.
- fish for something You can fish for trout in this stream.
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- [intransitive] go fishingto spend time fishing for pleasure
- Let's go fishing this weekend.
- I used to go salmon fishing in the Waitaki River.
- [transitive] fish something (for something) to try to catch fish in the area of water mentioned
- They fished the loch for salmon.
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to search for something, using your hands
- She fished around in her bag for her keys.
Word OriginOld 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.
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