fished
Because it is a word with a single syllable, fished is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions offished
- To hunt fish or other aquatic animals.
Example: "She went to the river to fish for trout."
- To search (a body of water) for something other than fish.
Example: "They fished the surrounding lakes for the dead body."
- To use as bait when fishing.
- To (attempt to) find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects.
Example: "He was fishing for the keys in his pocket."
- (followed by "for" or "around for") To talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something, or seek to obtain something by artifice.
Example: "The actors loitered at the door, fishing for compliments."
- Of a batsman, to attempt to hit a ball outside off stump and miss it.
- To repair (a spar or mast) by fastening a beam or other long object (often called a fish) over the damaged part (see Noun above).
- To hoist the flukes of.
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