Past tense of fish
regular verb
The past tense of fish is fished. The past participle is also fished.
Forms of fish
| Base form (V1) | fish /fɪʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | fished /fɪʃt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | fished /fɪʃt/ |
| Present participle | fishing /ˈfɪʃɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | fishes /ˈfɪʃɪz/ |
Fished in a sentence
- They fished the surrounding lakes for the dead body.
- I fished out my keys from the bottom of my bag.From the entry fish out
- I fished out some information from some old copies of the local gazette.From the entry fish out
- Rainbow runners are fished for food and sport in warm waters.From the entry rainbow runner
- She fished in her purse for more quarters but came up short.From the entry come up short
Meaning of fish
- noun A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills; any vertebrate that is not a tetrapod.
- noun Any vertebrate, including tetrapods.
- noun Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.
Questions about the past tense of fish
- What is the past tense of fish?
- The past tense of fish is fished.
- What is the past participle of fish?
- The past participle of fish is fished.
- Is fish a regular or irregular verb?
- Fish is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fish (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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