fish – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of fish

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

See the 6 cognates of fish

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

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

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)