overgraze

English

Etymology

over- + graze

Verb

overgraze (third-person singular simple present overgrazes, present participle overgrazing, simple past and past participle overgrazed)

  1. (transitive) to graze land excessively, to the detriment of the land and its vegetation
  2. (intransitive) to allow animals to graze excessively

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