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fished down

fished down is the simple past and past participle of fish down.

Meaning of fish down

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.

Questions about fished down

What is fished down the simple past and past participle of?
Fished down is the simple past and past participle of fish down.

Words near fished down in the dictionary

  1. fishculture
  2. fishculturist
  3. fishculturists
  4. fishdom
  5. fished
  6. fished down
  7. fished for compliments
  8. fished in troubled waters
  9. fished one's wish
  10. fished or cut bait
  11. fished out

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