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1 to cover

2 to encase

3 cover

4 sheath

5 to overlap

6 to interleave

7 to model after

8 to copy

9 formula

10 harness

11 loop of rope

12 (fig.) to fish for

13 to obtain slyly

14 classifier for sets, collections

15 bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names)

16 tau (Greek letter Ττ)

1 to fish with a hook and bait

1 to fish out (from pocket)

2 to scoop

1 to fish up

2 to dredge up

1 dubious

2 shady

3 neither one thing nor the other

4 neither fish nor fowl

5 nondescript

1 like a fish back in water (idiom); glad to be back in one's proper surroundings

1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)

2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle

3 it's either him or me

1 entire

2 whole (fish, road etc)

1 lit. water that is too clean holds no fish (idiom)

2 fig. one who is too severe has no friends

1 close relationship as between fish and water

1 fish eggs

2 roe

3 caviar

1 give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime

2 knowledge is the best charity

1 dishes with generous amounts of meat and fish

2 lavish meal

1 give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime (idiom)

1 Croceine croaker (Pseudosciaena crocea), a fish popular in Cantonese cooking

1 fish head

2 fig. upright and unwilling to compromise

1 two quite different things

2 another kettle of fish

1 butchering one another as fish and flesh (idiom); killing one another

2 internecine strife

1 to breed (livestock, fish, crops etc)

2 to grow

3 to raise