Meaning

1 senses

  1. To fish for swordfish.

Examples

5 sentences

  1. We ate swordfish.

    Ми їли меч-рибу. — deniko

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  2. It took me four hours to land that swordfish.

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  3. The swordfish was a bit dry, but it tasted good.

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  4. This is a swordfish.

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  5. This swordfish is from Algeria.

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Origin

From Middle English swerdfysche, from Old English *sweordfisċ. Equivalent to sword + fish.

From Middle English swerdfysche, from Old English *sweordfisċ. Equivalent to sword + fish.

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Forms

swordfishes, swordfishing, swordfished, swordfished
Base formswordfish · to swordfish
3rd person singularswordfishes
Present participleswordfishing
Past simpleswordfished
Past participleswordfished

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyswordfish
he, she, itswordfishes

Past simpleLesson

all personsswordfished

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave swordfished
he, she, ithas swordfished

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill swordfish

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
swoopswordB1swordsmansycamoresycophant
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