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verb
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English overfish From over- + fish.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
