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Webster 1913 Edition


Overfish

Oˊver-fish′

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Verb.
T.
1.
To fish to excess.

Definition 2024


overfish

overfish

English

Verb

overfish (third-person singular simple present overfishes, present participle overfishing, simple past and past participle overfished)

  1. To fish excessively.
  2. To fish in excess so as to substantially reduce over several years the supply of one or more species of fish in an area.