Engelsk substantiv: fish | |||
1. | fish (om dyr) any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The shark is a large fish. In the living room there was a tank of colorful fish. | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | aquatic vertebrate | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | A. testudineus, Anabas testudineus, bony fish, bottom lurkers, bottom-dweller, bottom-feeder, cartilaginous fish, chondrichthian, climbing perch, fingerling, food fish, game fish, mouthbreeder, northern snakehead, rough fish, spawner, sport fish, young fish | ||
Omfatter disse spesifikke uttrykk | caudal fin, fin, fish scale, fishbone, lateral line, lateral line organ, milt, roe, tail fin | ||
Tilhører disse overordnede uttrykkene | Pisces, school, shoal | ||
2. | fish (om mat) the flesh of fish used as food | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | 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. | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | food, solid food | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | alewife, anchovy, eel, gray mullet, grey mullet, haddock, hake, mullet, panfish, rock salmon, salmon, schrod, scrod, shad, smelt, stockfish, trout | ||
3. | Fish (om person) (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | Pisces | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
Overordnet kategori | astrology, star divination | ||
4. | Fish (om sted) the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20 | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | Pisces, Pisces the Fishes | ||
Eksempler på mindre spesifikke uttrykk | house, mansion, planetary house, sign, sign of the zodiac, star sign | ||
Engelsk verb: fish | |||
1. | fish (om relasjon) seek indirectly | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Fish for compliments. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | angle | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | look for, search, seek | ||
2. | fish (om konkurranse) catch or try to catch fish or shellfish | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | I like to go fishing on weekends. | ||
Eksempler på anvendelse | The men fish the area for animals , The men fish for animals in the area | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | catch, grab, take hold of | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | angle, brail, crab, net fish, prawn, rail, scallop, scollop, seine, shark, shrimp, still-fish, trawl | ||