0 past simple and past participle of fish --
1 to try to find something, using your fingers to look for it: --
She fished in her tool box for the right screwdriver.
The director was fishing for information about our strategy.
He's always fishing for compliments (= trying to make people say good things about him).
2 to catch fish from a river, sea, lake, etc., or to try to do this: --
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
We kunnen het stap voor stap voltooien, hoe lang de weg ook is en het kan niet worden voltooid, hoe kort de weg ook is, als je niet eens je voetafdruk markeert.