fish
part of speech
noun (fish — one or many; fishes — many kinds); verb (fish, fishes, fished, fishing)
meaning for a pupil
1) A fish is an animal that lives and swims in water, breathes with gills and has fins. tree →
2) Fish is also the meat of fish that people eat. tree →
3) To fish means to try to catch fish. tree →
4) To fish for something is to search for it, like fishing in your bag for keys. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: Only fish with fins and scales are kosher. Fish are also a symbol of blessing and plenty, and the Israelites in the desert missed the fish of Egypt. In the primary lessons: maths: animals counted in tanks or caught; more added or sold (subtract); food per fish; the plural is usually also «fish»; science: gills, fins, scales, life in rivers and seas; everyday life: pet fish, fish and chips, going fishing; safety: wear a life jacket when fishing from a boat
examples
- the likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth; (Torah DEU.4.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river.' (Torah EXO.7.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- We remember the fish, which we were wont to eat in Egypt for nought; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic; (Torah NUM.11.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. (Writings PSA.105.29, JPS 1917) tree →
- Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish-spears? (Writings JOB.40.31, JPS 1917) tree →
- Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly. (Prophets JON.2.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- There are 12 fish in the tank. tree →
- He caught 5 fish. tree →
- Each fish eats 2 pellets. tree →
- How many fish are left after 3 are sold? tree →
- Fish breathe through gills. tree →
- We had fish and chips for dinner. tree →
- Grandpa took me fishing at the lake. tree →
- She fished in her bag for a pen. tree →
- THE FISHERMAN AND THE LITTLE FISH tree →
note
Thing counted. Trap: «fish» is both one and many, so read the number. Whales and dolphins live in water but are not fish; they are mammals.
In the corpora
- the likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth;
- Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly.
- And the LORD spoke unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
- And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
- The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea; whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «fish» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.