fish – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of fish

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

See the 6 cognates of fish

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youfish out sth
weLet's fish out sth
youfish out sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)