| English Dictionary |
OVERCROP (overcropped, overcropping)
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Irregular inflected forms: overcropped , overcropping
, overcropping Dictionary entry overview: What does overcrop mean?
• OVERCROP (verb)
The verb OVERCROP has 1 sense:
1. to exhaust by excessive cultivation
Familiarity information: OVERCROP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they overcrop ... he / she / it overcrops
Past simple: overcropped
Past participle: overcropped
-ing form: overcropping
... he / she / it overcrops Past simple: overcropped
Past participle: overcropped
-ing form: overcropping
Sense 1
Meaning:
To exhaust by excessive cultivation
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
overcrop; overcultivate
Context example:
the farmers overcropped the land
Hypernyms (to "overcrop" is one way to...):
crop; cultivate; work (prepare for crops)
Domain category:
agriculture; farming; husbandry (the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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