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pécher — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fish noun A cold-blooded animal that lives in water, breathes through gills, and swims using fins.
  • peach noun A soft, juicy fruit with fuzzy yellow-red skin and a large single stone, grown on the Prunus persica tree.
  • sin noun In religious terms, an act that breaks a moral or divine law.
  • transgress verb To exceed or overstep some limit or boundary.

Senses

pécher is used for these senses in English:

  • sin (intransitive, theology) To commit a sin.
  • transgress (intransitive, construed with against) To commit an offense; to sin.

fish — full definition

  1. noun A cold-blooded animal that lives in water, breathes through gills, and swims using fins.
  2. noun The flesh of such an animal, eaten as food.
  3. verb To try to catch fish.
  4. verb To search for or try to obtain something indirectly, often through hints or probing questions.

peach — full definition

  1. noun A soft, juicy fruit with fuzzy yellow-red skin and a large single stone, grown on the Prunus persica tree.
  2. noun A pale yellowish-pink color resembling the fruit's skin.
  3. noun Informal: a particularly pleasing or likeable person or thing.
  4. verb British slang: to inform on someone, especially to the police.

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