Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fish out

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.89 in modern English

Syllables: fish out
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To catch all or nearly all the fish in (a given body of water), so that few or none remain.

verb

To pick up or pull something or someone from (a body of water).

verb

To search for by rummaging, and then extract (an item from e.g. a container); to obtain.

Example Sentences

"Settlers came and soon fished out the lake."
"Losing nearly a third of the heavy cruisers, including Admiral Kurita's flagship, the Atago, was not an especially-auspicious start to the operation, especially with the admiral himself having to be fished out of the water by a destroyer."
"I fished out my keys from the bottom of my bag."
"I fished out some information from some old copies of the local gazette."

Inflected Forms

fishes out (present, singular) fishing out (participle, present) fished out (participle, past) fished out (past)

Questions

What does fish out mean?: To catch all or nearly all the fish in (a given body of water), so that few or none remain.

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