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

overcultivate

Etymology

From over- + crop.

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