fish

A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.

Salmon is a fish.

The fishmonger sells fishes from all over the world.

A paraphyletic grouping of the following taxonomic groups:

A paraphyletic grouping of the following taxonomic groups:

A paraphyletic grouping of the following taxonomic groups:

A paraphyletic grouping of the following taxonomic groups:

A period of time spent fishing.

The fish at the lake didn't prove successful.

An instance of seeking something.

Merely two fishes for information told the whole story.

To hunt fish or other aquatic animals in a body of water, or to collect coral or pearls from the bottom of the sea.

We went fishing for crabs by the pier.

She went to the river to fish for trout.

To search (a body of water) for something other than fish.

They fished the surrounding lakes for the dead body.

To use as bait when fishing.

`What you need are frogs,' said the veteran. `Fish them at night. There's nothing like them on big cork floats.'

To (attempt to) find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects.

Why are you fishing through my things?

He was fishing for the keys in his pocket.

To talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something, or seek to obtain something by artifice.

The detective visited the local pubs fishing around for more information.

The actors loitered at the door, fishing for compliments.