fish – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of fish

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to fish out sb
Participle: fished out sb
Gerund: fishing out sb

Cognates

See the 6 cognates of fish

Indicative

Present

Ifish out sb
youfish out sb
he;she;itfishes out sb
wefish out sb
youfish out sb
theyfish out sb

Perfect

Ihave fished out sb
youhave fished out sb
he;she;ithas fished out sb
wehave fished out sb
youhave fished out sb
theyhave fished out sb

Past

Ifished out sb
youfished out sb
he;she;itfished out sb
wefished out sb
youfished out sb
theyfished out sb

Pluperfect

Ihad fished out sb
youhad fished out sb
he;she;ithad fished out sb
wehad fished out sb
youhad fished out sb
theyhad fished out sb

Future

Iwill fish out sb
youwill fish out sb
he;she;itwill fish out sb
wewill fish out sb
youwill fish out sb
theywill fish out sb

Future Perfect

Iwill have fished out sb
youwill have fished out sb
he;she;itwill have fished out sb
wewill have fished out sb
youwill have fished out sb
theywill have fished out sb

Subjunctive

Present

Ifish out sb
youfish out sb
he;she;itfish out sb
wefish out sb
youfish out sb
theyfish out sb

Perfect

Ihave fished out sb
youhave fished out sb
he;she;ithave fished out sb
wehave fished out sb
youhave fished out sb
theyhave fished out sb

Imperfect

Ifished out sb
youfished out sb
he;she;itfished out sb
wefished out sb
youfished out sb
theyfished out sb

Pluperfect

Ihad fished out sb
youhad fished out sb
he;she;ithad fished out sb
wehad fished out sb
youhad fished out sb
theyhad fished out sb

Conditional

Present

Iwould fish out sb
youwould fish out sb
he;she;itwould fish out sb
wewould fish out sb
youwould fish out sb
theywould fish out sb

Perfect

Iwould have fished out sb
youwould have fished out sb
he;she;itwould have fished out sb
wewould have fished out sb
youwould have fished out sb
theywould have fished out sb

Imperative

youfish out sb
weLet's fish out sb
youfish out sb

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam fishing out sb
youare fishing out sb
he;she;itis fishing out sb
weare fishing out sb
youare fishing out sb
theyare fishing out sb

Perfect

Ihave been fishing out sb
youhave been fishing out sb
he;she;ithas been fishing out sb
wehave been fishing out sb
youhave been fishing out sb
theyhave been fishing out sb

Past

Iwas fishing out sb
youwere fishing out sb
he;she;itwas fishing out sb
wewere fishing out sb
youwere fishing out sb
theywere fishing out sb

Pluperfect

Ihad been fishing out sb
youhad been fishing out sb
he;she;ithad been fishing out sb
wehad been fishing out sb
youhad been fishing out sb
theyhad been fishing out sb

Future

Iwill be fishing out sb
youwill be fishing out sb
he;she;itwill be fishing out sb
wewill be fishing out sb
youwill be fishing out sb
theywill be fishing out sb

Future Perfect

Iwill have been fishing out sb
youwill have been fishing out sb
he;she;itwill have been fishing out sb
wewill have been fishing out sb
youwill have been fishing out sb
theywill have been fishing out sb

Conditional

Present

Iwould be fishing out sb
youwould be fishing out sb
he;she;itwould be fishing out sb
wewould be fishing out sb
youwould be fishing out sb
theywould be fishing out sb

Perfect

Iwould have been fishing out sb
youwould have been fishing out sb
he;she;itwould have been fishing out sb
wewould have been fishing out sb
youwould have been fishing out sb
theywould have been fishing out sb

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'fish'

abash, abolish, abroach, accomplish, accroach, address, admix, admonish, ado, adpress, affamish, affix, alloo, amass, ambush, anguish, annex, appeach, appears, approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'fish'

dish, fash, fisk, fiss, fist, hish, pish, wish, ash, bash,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

try to catch a fish
angle, drop in a line
try to find something
rifle, rummage
attempt to gain (compliments, etc)
angle

Additional Information

Etymology

1. From Old English fiscian, from Proto-West Germanic *fiskōn, from Proto-Germanic *fiskōną.
2. Cognates
3. Cognate with Saterland Frisian fiskje (“to fish”), Dutch vissen (“to fish”), German fischen (“to fish”), Limburgish vésche, vèsse (“to fish”), Luxembourgish fëschen (“to fish”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk fiske (“to fish”), Faroese, Icelandic and Swedish fiska (“to fish”), Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍉𐌽 (fiskōn, “to fish”). See: Old English 'fiscian', Proto-Germanic '*fiskōną', Frisian, Saterlandic 'fiskje', Dutch 'vissen', German, old spelling 'fischen', Luxembourgish 'fëschen', Norwegian, nynorsk 'fiske', Swedish 'fiska'.

Verbs referencing "fish"

Sranan fisi, Luxembourgish fëschen.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] The washing accommodations were primitive. There was a tin ladle chained to the deck, with which every gentleman who thought it necessary to cleanse himself (many were superior to this weakness ), fished the dirty water out of the canal, and poured it into a tin basin, secured in like manner. There was also a jack-towel. And, hanging up before a little looking-glass in the bar, in the immediate [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)