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overtraps

overtraps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overtrap.

Meaning of overtrap

Verb

overtrap (third-person singular simple present overtraps, present participle overtrapping, simple past and past participle overtrapped)

  1. To put too many traps in (an area) or among (an animal population), and thus to trap too many (animals, for their population to recover).
    • [...] from the Europeans, they began to overtrap the forests in search of pelts to trade. To overtrap is to kill too many animals, causing the animal population to decrease.2005, Janet Palazzo-Craig, The Ojibwe of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota, →ISBN, page 33

Questions about overtraps

What is overtraps the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overtraps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overtrap.

Words near overtraps in the dictionary

  1. overtransmit
  2. overtransmitted
  3. overtrap
  4. overtrapped
  5. overtrapping
  6. overtraps
  7. overtravel
  8. overtread
  9. overtreading
  10. overtreads
  11. overtreat

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