Thesaurus results for FISHES

fishes

verb

present tense third-person singular of fish

as in fumbles

to search for something blindly or uncertainly take a minute to fish for some change to drop in the donation box

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Recent Examples of fishes Once outside, Parks fishes a pair of blue flip-flops out of her purse and changes out of her heels. — Clio Chang, Curbed, 14 July 2026 In the images, Jack appears to be enthralled with the water as his father fishes. — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026 Fire up the replay and start the clock as soon as the goalie fishes the puck out of the net. — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fishes

Verb

Lake Mary’s Remy Jarman fumbles the ball on his run and Oviedo recovers.

— Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
Buford scored 17 points off three Gainesville fumbles on punt plays.

— Jack Leo, AJC.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of fumbles

Verb

The process of building a character requires some degree of ego death, and as the old Mona disappears and a new Mona emerges, Moore’s own performance reaches transcendent levels of hilarity.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2026
Even on a computer with limited use, antivirus software adds another layer of protection in case a malicious website or other threat reaches the device.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of reaches

Verb

And while the Lanterns are sort of wrong about the latter (more on that to follow), the jump to the former conclusion feels a tad out of the blue.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026
So pegging the Saints’ second-year quarterback as one of the top three passers in the NFC feels pretty bold.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026