VERB | creation | overcrop, overcultivate | to exhaust by excessive cultivation |
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Meaning | To exhaust by excessive cultivation. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "the farmers overcropped the land" | |
Synonym | overcultivate | |
Category | farming, agriculture, husbandry | The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock |
Broader | cultivate, crop, work | Prepare for crops |
Spanish | yermar |
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