OVERCROP

overcrop, overcultivate

(verb) to exhaust by excessive cultivation; “the farmers overcropped the land”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

overcrop (third-person singular simple present overcrops, present participle overcropping, simple past and past participle overcropped)

To cultivate land excessively and thus exhaust its fertility

Anagrams

• Crop Over

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