Clues for the word "FISH"

We've had 220 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 241 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on June 07, 2026.

Definition of fish

n. - A counter, used in various games.
pl. - of Fish
n. - A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of diverse characteristics, living in the water.
n. - An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See Pisces.
n. - The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.
n. - The flesh of fish, used as food.
n. - A purchase used to fish the anchor.
n. - A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish, used to strengthen a mast or yard.
v. i. - To attempt to catch fish; to be employed in taking fish, by any means, as by angling or drawing a net.
v. i. - To seek to obtain by artifice, or indirectly to seek to draw forth; as, to fish for compliments.
v. t. - To catch; to draw out or up; as, to fish up an anchor.
v. t. - To search by raking or sweeping.
v. t. - To try with a fishing rod; to catch fish in; as, to fish a stream.
v. t. - To strengthen (a beam, mast, etc.), or unite end to end (two timbers, railroad rails, etc.) by bolting a plank, timber, or plate to the beam, mast, or timbers, lengthwise on one or both sides. See Fish joint, under Fish, n.