fish
noun
any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales.
fished
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past participleof fish.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof fish.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
fishnounany of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales.
Example Sentences
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"I've lived here for 25 years and the water has never been this low," said pensioner Mitica Nicolae from Corabia as he fished in an irrigation canal close to the river.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Still, he could salvage something, he said, pointing to his son as he fished out boxes of herbal treatments from under the rubble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
He moved to Las Cuevas, where he fished and worked in construction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
"No other stretch of water is fished like the Mediterranean Sea," he said, speaking to the BBC News science team while working on a research vessel off the coast of Sicily in late 2025.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
That was the ice she had to help Nokomis chop every day from the deep hole they fished through.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
