overcrop
overcrop · overcrops · overcropped · overcropping
To cultivate land excessively and thus exhaust its fertilityTo cultivate land excessively and thus exhaust its fertility.
Meaning
1 sensesTo cultivate land excessively and thus exhaust its fertility.
More definitions
- to exhaust by excessive cultivation
Origin
From over- + crop.From over- + crop.
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Forms
overcrops, overcropping, overcropped, overcropped| Base form | overcrop · to overcrop |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | overcrops |
| Present participle | overcropping |
| Past simple | overcropped |
| Past participle | overcropped |
irregular
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- to exhaust by excessive cultivation:overcultivate
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle