Tropical Definition–adjective | 1. | pertaining to, characteristic of, occurring in, or inhabiting the tropics, esp. the humid tropics: tropical flowers. |
| 2. | very hot and humid: a tropical climate. |
| 3. | designed for use in the tropics or in very hot weather (often used in combination): tropical-weight woolens. |
| 4. | of or pertaining to either or both of the astronomical tropics. |
| 5. | pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a trope or tropes; metaphorical. |
–noun | 6. | tropicals, lightweight clothing, suitable for warm, esp. summer weather. |
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Fish Definition–noun | 1. | any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales. |
| 2. | (loosely) any of various other aquatic animals. |
| 3. | the flesh of fishes used as food. |
| 4. | Fishes, Astronomy, Astrology. the constell
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ation or sign of Pisces. |
| 5. | Informal. a person: an odd fish; a poor fish. |
| 6. | a long strip of wood, iron, etc., used to strengthen a mast, joint, etc. |
| 7. | Cards Slang. an incompetent player whose incompetence can be exploited. |
| 8. | Slang. a dollar: He sold the car for 500 fish. |
| 9. | Slang. a new prison inmate. |
–verb (used with object) | 10. | to catch or attempt to catch (any species of fish or the like). |
| 11. | to try to catch fish in (a stream, lake, etc.): Let's fish the creek. |
| 12. | to draw, as by fishing (often fol. by up or out): He fished a coin out of his pocket for the boy. |
| 13. | to search through, as by fishing. |
| 14. | Nautical. | a. | to secure (an anchor) by raising the flukes. |
| b. | to reinforce (a mast or other spar) by fastening a spar, batten, metal bar, or the like, lengthwise over a weak place. |
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–verb (used without object) | 15. | to catch or attempt to catch fish, as by angling or drawing a net. |
| 16. | to search carefully: He fished through all his pockets but his wallet was gone. |
| 17. | to seek to obtain something indirectly or by artifice: to fish for compliments
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; to fish for information. |
| 18. | to search for or attempt to catch onto something under water, in mud, etc., by the use of a dredge, rake, hook, or the like. |
| 19. | to attempt to recover detached tools or other loose objects from an oil or gas well. |
—Verb phrase| 20. | fish out, to deplete (a lake, stream, etc.) of fish by fishing. |
—Idioms| 21. | drink like a fish, to drink alcoholic beverages to excess: Nobody invites him out because he drinks like a fish. |
| 22. | fish in troubled waters, to take advantage of troubled or uncertain conditions for personal profit. |
| 23. | fish or cut bait, to choose a definite course of action, esp. to decide whether to participate in or retreat from an activity. |
| 24. | fish out of water, a person out of his or her proper or accustomed environment: He felt like a fish out of water in an academic atmosphere. |
| 25. | neither fish nor fowl, having no specific character or conviction; neither one nor the other. |
| 26. | other fish to fry, other matters requiring attention: When it was time to act, they had other fish to fry. |
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Disease Definition–noun | 1. | a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment. |
| 2. | any abnormal condition in a plant that interferes with its vital physiological processes, caused by pathogenic microorganisms, parasites, unfavorable environmental, genetic, or nutritional factors, etc. |
| 3. | any harmful, depraved, or morbid condition, as of the mind or society: His fascination with executions is a disease. |
| 4. | decomposition of a material under special circumstances: tin disease. |
–verb (used with object) | 5. | to affect with disease; make ill. |
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