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fish down

fish down verb: to move down the trophic chain of seafood, i.e. moving from fishing top-level predators to fishes lower in the food chain, as a result of overfishing affecting top-level predators first.

Verb

fish down (third-person singular simple present fishes down, present participle fishing down, simple past and past participle fished down)

  1. (transitive) To move down the trophic chain of seafood, i.e. moving from fishing top-level predators to fishes lower in the food chain, as a result of overfishing affecting top-level predators first.

Forms of fish down

third-person singular presentfishes down
present participlefishing down
past participlefished down
pastfished down

Questions about fish down

What does fish down mean?
Fish down means to move down the trophic chain of seafood, i.e. moving from fishing top-level predators to fishes lower in the food chain, as a result of overfishing affecting top-level predators first.
What part of speech is fish down?
Fish down is a verb.
What is the past tense of fish down?
The past tense of fish down is fished down.

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