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{
"term": "fish",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"image": "data/images/fi/fish.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a creature that lives in water, breathes through gills, and uses fins and a tail for swimming",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "They **caught** several **fish**."
},
{
"text": "In the pool she could see little silvery fish darting around."
},
{
"text": "tropical/marine/freshwater fish"
},
{
"text": "Herring are relatively oily fish."
},
{
"text": "**shoals** *(= groups)* **of fish**"
},
{
"text": "There are about 30 000 species of fish in the world."
},
{
"text": "The list of endangered species includes nearly 600 fishes."
},
{
"text": "a fish tank/pond"
},
{
"text": "**Fish stocks** in the Baltic are in decline."
},
{
"text": "Fish farming has boomed in the past three decades."
},
{
"text": "He landed a big fish."
},
{
"text": "I cleaned and filleted the fish."
},
{
"text": "The fish aren't biting (= taking the bait ) today."
},
{
"text": "fish farmed in Canada"
}
],
"topics": ["Fish and shellfish"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["freshwater", "marine", "saltwater"],
"… of fish": ["school", "shoal"],
"verb + fish": ["catch", "land", "breed"],
"fish + verb": ["swim", "hatch", "bite"],
"fish + noun": ["species", "eggs", "bowl"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the soft part of fish that is eaten as food",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a regular diet of **fresh fish**"
},
{
"text": "fried/grilled/smoked/dried fish"
},
{
"text": "fish pie/soup"
},
{
"text": "The chef's fish dishes are his speciality."
},
{
"text": "Fish forms the main part of their diet."
},
{
"text": "Remove the skin and flake the cooked fish."
},
{
"text": "This fish tastes funny."
}
],
"topics": ["Food"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["fresh", "dried", "frozen"],
"… of fish": ["bit", "piece", "fillet/filet"],
"verb + fish": ["eat", "have", "clean"],
"fish + verb": ["taste"],
"fish + noun": ["bone", "fillet/filet", "dish"],
"phrases": ["fish and chips"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to emphasize how easy it is to do something",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "What do you mean you can't do it? It'll be like shooting fish in a barrel!"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "an important person (in a small community)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a person who seems unfriendly and without strong emotions",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a completely different situation or person from the one previously mentioned",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to drink a lot of alcohol regularly",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Simon used to drink like a fish."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a person who feels uncomfortable because they are in an environment that is not familiar",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to have more important or more interesting things to do",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "neither one thing nor another",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The hovercraft has always suffered from the fact that it is neither fish nor fowl."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a person who is slightly strange or crazy",
"labels": "(old-fashioned, British English)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to comfort somebody whose romantic relationship has ended by saying that there are many other people they may have a successful relationship with in the future",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/fɪʃ/",
"audio": "fi/fish/fish__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/fɪʃ/",
"audio": "fi/fish/fish__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English fisc (as a noun denoting any animal living exclusively in water), fiscian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vis, vissen and German Fisch, fischen."
}