"overfish" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overfishes [present, singular, third-person], overfishing [participle, present], overfished [participle, past], overfished [past]
Etymology: over- + fish Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|fish}} over- + fish Head templates: {{en-verb}} overfish (third-person singular simple present overfishes, present participle overfishing, simple past and past participle overfished)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To fish (an area or a species) excessively, often substantially reducing over several years the supply of one or more species of fish in an area. Wikipedia link: overfishing Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Fishing Translations (to catch fish excessively reducing future catches): hao tuhene (Maori)

Inflected forms

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