Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To exhaust the fertility of (land) by continuous cultivation of crops.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb to exhaust (arable land) by excessive cultivation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
cultivate land excessively and thusexhaust itsfertility
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb to exhaust by excessive cultivation
Etymologies
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over- + crop
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Examples
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Page 272 it is greater than ever before, and I was informed that its increase would be even more than it is if so many planters did not "overcrop" -- that is, plant more than they can cultivate.
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It often occurs to one that Alabama is indulging in an "overcrop" of railways, considering the abundance of her superb water-courses.
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Buyers so far at least won't pay more than $15 for a bottle of pinot gris, so growers must overcrop and vintners must cut corners where they can.
The Seattle Times 2011
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