fish

1. (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.

   We went fishing for crabs by the pier.

   She went to the river to fish for trout.

   fischen, angeln

   рыба́читьrybáčitʹ, лови́ть ры́буlovítʹ rýbu, лови́тьlovítʹ

   риба́литиrybályty, лови́ти ри́буlovýty rýbu

2. (transitive)To search (a body of water) for something other than fish.

   They fished the surrounding lakes for the dead body.

3. (transitive)To use as bait when fishing.

4. (intransitive)To (attempt to) find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects.

   Why are you fishing through my things?

   He was fishing for the keys in his pocket.

   выу́живатьvyúživatʹ, выу́дитьvyúditʹ

5. (intransitive)To talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something, or seek to obtain something by artifice.

   The detective visited the local pubs fishing around for more information.

   The actors loitered at the door, fishing for compliments.

   выу́живатьvyúživatʹ, выу́дитьvyúditʹ

6. (intransitive)Of a batsman, to attempt to hit a ball outside off stump and miss it.

   выла́вливатьvylávlivatʹ, вы́ловитьvýlovitʹ

7. (transitive)To repair (a spar or mast) by fastening a beam or other long object (often called a fish) over the damaged part (see Noun above).

8. (transitive)To hoist the flukes of.

9. (transitive)To draw or guide (a wire or cable) by means of fish tape.

1. Do you think fish can hear?

   Гадаєш, риби чують? — deniko

   ruДумаешь, рыба может слышать? — Hellerick

   deGlaubst du, dass Fische hören können? — MUIRIEL

   CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

2. This fish has a bad smell.

   Ця рибра погано пахне. — deniko

   deDieser Fisch riecht schlecht. — samueldora

   CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

3. This is how I cook fish.

   Ось як я готую рибу. — Anjy

   ruВот как я готовлю рыбу. — Biga

   CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

4. I like meat better than fish.

   М'ясо мені подобається більше, ніж риба. — deniko

   ruМясо мне нравится больше, чем рыба. — sharptoothed

   deIch mag lieber Fleisch als Fisch. — MUIRIEL

   CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

5. I caught a big fish yesterday.

   Вчора я пiймав велику рибу. — rmdas

   ruЯ поймал вчера большую рыбу. — Lenin_1917

   deGestern habe ich einen großen Fisch gefangen. — MUIRIEL

   CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

regular · Lesson

• fish upTo produce or find by fishing.
• fish outTo catch all or nearly all the fish in (a given body of water), so that few or none remain.
• fish downTo move down the trophic chain of seafood, i.e. moving from fishing top-level predators to fishes lower in the food chain, as a result of overfishing affecting top-level predators first.