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overhunt

overhunt verb: to hunt (an animal, a piece of land, etc.) too much.

Verb

overhunt (third-person singular simple present overhunts, present participle overhunting, simple past and past participle overhunted)

  1. (transitive) To hunt (an animal, a piece of land, etc.) too much.
    • Steller's sea cow was overhunted and became extinct in the 18th century.

Forms of overhunt

third-person singular presentoverhunts
present participleoverhunting
past participleoverhunted
pastoverhunted

Origin of overhunt

From over- + hunt.

Questions about overhunt

What does overhunt mean?
Overhunt means to hunt (an animal, a piece of land, etc.) too much.
What part of speech is overhunt?
Overhunt is a verb.
What is the past tense of overhunt?
The past tense of overhunt is overhunted.

Words near overhunt in the dictionary

  1. overhumanized
  2. overhumanizes
  3. overhumanizing
  4. overhung
  5. overhungry
  6. overhunt
  7. overhunted
  8. overhunting
  9. overhunts
  10. overhurl
  11. overhurled

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