verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To cultivate land excessively and thus exhaust its fertility
2. 2
   to exhaust by excessive cultivation wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

bumper harvestcrop overuseexcess cropexcess croppingovercroppingovercultivate

Antonyms

All antonyms

balanced farmingshortfallsustainable croppingundercrop

Etymology

From over- + crop.