Fischen — meaning in English

English meaning

• fish noun A cold-blooded animal that lives in water, breathes through gills, and swims using fins.
• fishing noun The activity or sport of catching fish.
• grapple verb To struggle hard with a difficult problem or situation.

Senses

Fischen is used for these senses in English:

• fish (intransitive, transitive) To hunt fish or other aquatic animals in a body of water, or to collect coral or pearls from the bottom of the sea.
• fishing (uncountable, informal) The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish.
• fishing (uncountable) Commercial fishing: the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale.
• grapple (intransitive) To use a grapple (for example to attempt to find, hook, and raise a net or cable).

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.

fishing — full definition

1. noun The activity or sport of catching fish.
2. noun The industry of catching fish and seafood commercially.

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