noun, verb ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Excessive grazing to an extent that the land is damaged. countable, uncountable

   "The law was intended to reduce overgrazing by cattle, but its impact would be to further curtail land for Africans."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of overgraze form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

overgrassing

Example

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"Overgrazing is degrading soils in Algeria's high plateaus."

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