[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/fish/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [F](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/f/) / fish # fish noun (fish — one or many; fishes — many kinds); verb (fish, fishes, fished, fishing) «fish» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A fish is an animal that lives and swims in water, breathes with gills and has fins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fish/#m1) 2. Fish is also the meat of fish that people eat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fish/#m2) 3. To fish means to try to catch fish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fish/#m3) 4. To fish for something is to search for it, like fishing in your bag for keys. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fish/#m4) ### In the lessons maths: animals counted in tanks or caught; more added or sold (subtract); food per fish; the plural is usually also «fish»; science: gills, fins, scales, life in rivers and seas; everyday life: pet fish, fish and chips, going fishing; safety: wear a life jacket when fishing from a boat ### Examples - There are 12 fish in the tank. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fish/#x1) - He caught 5 fish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fish/#x2) - Each fish eats 2 pellets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fish/#x3) - How many fish are left after 3 are sold? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fish/#x4) - Fish breathe through gills. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fish/#x5) - We had fish and chips for dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fish/#x6) - Grandpa took me fishing at the lake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fish/#x7) - She fished in her bag for a pen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fish/#x8) - THE FISHERMAN AND THE LITTLE FISH [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fish/#x9) ### Note Thing counted. Trap: «fish» is both one and many, so read the number. Whales and dolphins live in water but are not fish; they are mammals. ## In Jewish tradition Interpretation: Only fish with fins and scales are kosher. Fish are also a symbol of blessing and plenty, and the Israelites in the desert missed the fish of Egypt. In the primary lessons: maths: animals counted in tanks or caught; more added or sold (subtract); food per fish; the plural is usually also «fish»; science: gills, fins, scales, life in rivers and seas; everyday life: pet fish, fish and chips, going fishing; safety: wear a life jacket when fishing from a boat ### Examples - the likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth; (Torah DEU.4.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fish/#x1) - And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river.' (Torah EXO.7.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fish/#x2) - We remember the fish, which we were wont to eat in Egypt for nought; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic; (Torah NUM.11.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fish/#x3) - He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. (Writings PSA.105.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fish/#x4) - Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish-spears? (Writings JOB.40.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fish/#x5) - Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly. (Prophets JON.2.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fish/#x6) ### Note Thing counted. Trap: «fish» is both one and many, so read the number. Whales and dolphins live in water but are not fish; they are mammals. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «fish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«fish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fish.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «fish» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«fish» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/fish.html) on Mova free.