"fish out" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-fish out.ogg [Australia] Forms: fishes out [present, singular, third-person], fishing out [participle, present], fished out [participle, past], fished out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fish out (third-person singular simple present fishes out, present participle fishing out, simple past and past participle fished out)
  1. To catch all or nearly all the fish in (a given body of water), so that few or none remain.
    Sense id: en-fish_out-en-verb-knicbf2L
  2. To pick up or pull something or someone from (a body of water).
    Sense id: en-fish_out-en-verb-jZe6ZV4G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 52 32 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 21 57 23
  3. (idiomatic) To search for by rummaging, and then extract (an item from e.g. a container). Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-fish_out-en-verb-hupjCA~W

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for fish out meaning in English (2.5kB)

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