Overfish
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Overfish is a verb meaning (ambitransitive) 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.
Meaning
(ambitransitive) 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.
Example Sentences
In the 1970s, it become^([sic]) increasingly clear that cod were being overfished in the northwest Atlantic Ocean.
Word Forms
- overfishes
- overfishing
- overfished
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fishing, depletion, overgrazing, overuse, overexploitation, excessive.
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