gill
/ɡɪl/
verb
- To catch fish by using a gill net, or to remove the gills from a fish.
- The fishermen gill the salmon right after catching them.
- The net is designed to gill fish by their gills without harming them too much.
- They learned how to gill a fish during the cooking class.
noun
- The organ on the side of a fish or other aquatic animal that allows it to breathe underwater by taking in oxygen from the water.
- Sharks have several pairs of gill slits on the sides of their heads.
- You can see the red gills of the goldfish when it opens its mouth.
- The fish's gills moved rapidly as it swam through the water.
- A unit for measuring liquids, equal to one quarter of a pint (about 0.14 liters in the US).
- In some countries, a gill is still used to measure beer.
- He poured a gill of whiskey into the glass.
- The old recipe called for a gill of milk.