pêcher — 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
pêcher 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
- noun A cold-blooded animal that lives in water, breathes through gills, and swims using fins.
- noun The flesh of such an animal, eaten as food.
- verb To try to catch fish.
- verb To search for or try to obtain something indirectly, often through hints or probing questions.
peach — full definition
- noun A soft, juicy fruit with fuzzy yellow-red skin and a large single stone, grown on the Prunus persica tree.
- noun A pale yellowish-pink color resembling the fruit's skin.
- noun Informal: a particularly pleasing or likeable person or thing.
- verb British slang: to inform on someone, especially to the police.