1. (

• fish

) any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills; "the shark is a large fish"; "in the living room there was a tank of colorful fish" ;

2. (

• fish

) the flesh of fish used as food; "in Japan most fish is eaten raw"; "after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat"; "they have a chef who specializes in fish" ;

3. (

• Pisces ,
• Fish

) (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces ;

4. (

• Pisces ,
• Pisces_the_Fishes ,
• Fish

) the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20 ;

1. (

• fish ,
• angle

) seek indirectly; "fish for compliments" ;

2. (

• fish

) catch or try to catch fish or shellfish; "I like to go fishing on weekends" ;