English Explanatory Dictionary

overfish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-overfish.wav

Word forms

overfish overfishes overfishing overfished

Etymology

From over- + fish.

Derived words

overfisher
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