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underfish

underfish verb: to fish less than would still be sustainable; to underuse (an area) for fishing.

Verb

underfish (third-person singular simple present underfishes, present participle underfishing, simple past and past participle underfished)

  1. To fish less than would still be sustainable; to underuse (an area) for fishing.

Forms of underfish

third-person singular presentunderfishes
present participleunderfishing
past participleunderfished
pastunderfished

Origin of underfish

From under- + fish.

Questions about underfish

What does underfish mean?
Underfish means to fish less than would still be sustainable; to underuse (an area) for fishing.
What part of speech is underfish?
Underfish is a verb.
What is the past tense of underfish?
The past tense of underfish is underfished.

Words near underfish in the dictionary

  1. underfinished
  2. underfire
  3. underfired
  4. underfires
  5. underfiring
  6. underfish
  7. underfished
  8. underfishes
  9. underfishing
  10. underfit
  11. underfit stream

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