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overfarm

verb

To farm too much.

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Meanings

verboverfarm (third-person singular simple present overfarms, present participle overfarming, simple past and past participle overfarmed)

present singular third person overfarms · participle present overfarming · participle past overfarmed · past overfarmed

transitiveTo farm too much.
According to Henry Aryamanya-Mugisha, director of Uganda’s environmental protection agency, overpopulation and overfarming on the Kenyan side of the lake are decimating these wetlands where the fish spawn.
2009 August 17, Jeffrey Gettleman, “Ripples of Dispute Surround Tiny Island in East Africa”, in New York Times

Origin

From over- + farm.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with overfarm

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Cite this entry

APA

overfarm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overfarm

MLA

“overfarm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overfarm. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overfarm,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overfarm.

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