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overhunts

overhunts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overhunt.

Meaning of overhunt

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.

Questions about overhunts

What is overhunts the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overhunts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overhunt.

Words near overhunts in the dictionary

  1. overhung
  2. overhungry
  3. overhunt
  4. overhunted
  5. overhunting
  6. overhunts
  7. overhurl
  8. overhurled
  9. overhurling
  10. overhurls
  11. overhurried

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