FISHED Synonyms

• fishing with a hook and line (and usually a pole)

• object formed by a mold

• the act of creating something by casting it in a mold

• the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel

• the choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie

• the act of someone who fishes as a diversion

• the occupation of catching fish for a living

• curved down like an eagle's beak

• addicted to a drug

• having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold)

• owning or consisting of land or real estate

• having open interstices or resembling a web

• a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident

• the quantity that was caught

• a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect

• anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)

• a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)

• a restraint that checks the motion of something

• a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window

• a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth

• the act of catching an object with the hands

• the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

• discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state

• perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily

• reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot

• take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of

• succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase

• to hook or entangle

• attract and fix

• capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping

• reach in time

• get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly

• catch up with and possibly overtake

• be struck or affected by

• check oneself during an action

• hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers

• see or watch

• cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled

• detect a blunder or misstep

• grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of

• come down with

• start burning

• perceive by hearing

• suffer from the receipt of

• attract; cause to be enamored

• apprehend and reproduce accurately

• take in and retain

• spread or be communicated

• be the catcher

• become aware of

• delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned

• a large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom

• a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel

• fish with a seine; catch fish with a seine

• something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares

• a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head

• a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities

• strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit

• a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose

• catch in or as if in a trap

• entice and trap

• a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)

• a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths

• fish with trawlers

• a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons

• the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians

• a biased way of looking at or presenting something

• move or proceed at an angle

• to incline or bend from a vertical position

• seek indirectly

• fish with a hook

• present with a bias

• the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20

• (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces

• a large faint zodiacal constellation; between Aquarius and Aries

• a group of vertebrates comprising both cartilaginous and bony fishes and sometimes including the jawless vertebrates; not used technically

• a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore

• steal goods; take as spoils

• go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way

• a jumble of things to be given away

• a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion)

• search haphazardly

• the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20