{
    "term": "fish",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/fi/fish.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a creature that lives in water, breathes through gills, and uses fins and a tail for swimming",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They **caught** several **fish**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the pool she could see little silvery fish darting around."
                },
                {
                    "text": "tropical/marine/freshwater fish"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Herring are relatively oily fish."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**shoals** *(= groups)* **of fish**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are about 30 000 species of fish in the world."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The list of endangered species includes nearly 600 fishes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a fish tank/pond"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Fish stocks** in the Baltic are in decline."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Fish farming has boomed in the past three decades."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He landed a big fish."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I cleaned and filleted the fish."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The fish aren't biting (= taking the bait ) today."
                },
                {
                    "text": "fish farmed in Canada"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Fish and shellfish"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["freshwater", "marine", "saltwater"],
                "… of fish": ["school", "shoal"],
                "verb + fish": ["catch", "land", "breed"],
                "fish + verb": ["swim", "hatch", "bite"],
                "fish + noun": ["species", "eggs", "bowl"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the soft part of fish that is eaten as food",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a regular diet of **fresh fish**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "fried/grilled/smoked/dried fish"
                },
                {
                    "text": "fish pie/soup"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The chef's fish dishes are his speciality."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Fish forms the main part of their diet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Remove the skin and flake the cooked fish."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This fish tastes funny."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Food"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["fresh", "dried", "frozen"],
                "… of fish": ["bit", "piece", "fillet/​filet"],
                "verb + fish": ["eat", "have", "clean"],
                "fish + verb": ["taste"],
                "fish + noun": ["bone", "fillet/​filet", "dish"],
                "phrases": ["fish and chips"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to emphasize how easy it is to do something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "What do you mean you can't do it? It'll be like shooting fish in a barrel!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "an important person (in a small community)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person who seems unfriendly and without strong emotions",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a completely different situation or person from the one previously mentioned",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to drink a lot of alcohol regularly",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Simon used to drink like a fish."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person who feels uncomfortable because they are in an environment that is not familiar",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have more important or more interesting things to do",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "neither one thing nor another",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The hovercraft has always suffered from the fact that it is neither fish nor fowl."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person who is slightly strange or crazy",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned, British English)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to comfort somebody whose romantic relationship has ended by saying that there are many other people they may have a successful relationship with in the future",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fɪʃ/",
                "audio": "fi/fish/fish__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fɪʃ/",
                "audio": "fi/fish/fish__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English fisc (as a noun denoting any animal living exclusively in water), fiscian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vis, vissen and German Fisch, fischen."
}