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| Language: | Old English |
| Origin: | fisc; related to Pisces |
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1 [countable]HBF an animal that lives in water, and uses its fins and tail to swim : 
Over 1,500 different species of fish inhabit the waters around the reef.The stonefish is the most deadly of all fishes. The lake is well stocked with fish (=fish have been put into the lake).
Over 1,500 different species of fish inhabit the waters around the reef.The stonefish is the most deadly of all fishes.The lake is well stocked with fish (=fish have been put into the lake). a shoal/school of fish (=a large group of fish swimming together)
2 [uncountable]DFF the flesh of a fish used as food [↪ seafood]: One usually drinks white wine with fish.
One usually drinks white wine with fish.3 to feel uncomfortable because you feel you do not belong in a place or situation : I felt like a fish out of water in my new school.
(be/feel) like a fish out of water
I felt like a fish out of water in my new school.4 used to tell someone whose relationship has ended that there are other people they can have a relationship with
there are plenty more fish in the sea
6 to have other things to do, especially more important things
have other/bigger fish to fry
informal9 someone who is important in or who has influence over a very small area
