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OVERCROP (overcropped, overcropping)

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Irregular inflected forms: overcropped  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, overcropping  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does overcrop mean? 

OVERCROP (verb)
  The verb OVERCROP has 1 sense:

1. to exhaust by excessive cultivationplay

  Familiarity information: OVERCROP used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OVERCROP (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they overcrop  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it overcrops  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: overcropped  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: overcropped  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: overcropping  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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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