sunfish
sunfish · sunfishes · sunfished · sunfishing
Of an animal such as a bull or a horse: to twist the body into a crescent shape and…Of an animal such as a bull or a horse: to twist the body into a crescent shape and roll back and forth.
Meaning
1 sensesOf an animal such as a bull or a horse: to twist the body into a crescent shape and roll back and forth.
Examples
1 sentencesThen, in the middle of the Tasman Sea, the 98-foot yacht's progress was temporarily halted when it ran into a giant sunfish.
Origin
* From sun + fish.* From sun + fish.
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Forms
sunfishes, sunfishing, sunfished, sunfishedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.