overgraze

Meanings

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

present singular third person overgrazes · participle present overgrazing · participle past overgrazed · past overgrazed

transitiveto graze land excessively, to the detriment of the land and its vegetation
intransitiveto allow animals to graze excessively

Chinese Mandarin 過度放牧 /过度放牧, 過度放牧 /过度放牧

過度放牧 /过度放牧 (guòdù fàngmù)to graze land excessively, to the detriment of the land and its vegetation
過度放牧 /过度放牧 (guòdù fàngmù)to allow animals to graze excessively

Finnish ylilaiduntaa, ylilaiduntaa

ylilaiduntaato graze land excessively, to the detriment of the land and its vegetation
ylilaiduntaato allow animals to graze excessively

Greek υπερβοσκώ, υπερβοσκώ

υπερβοσκώ (ypervoskó)to graze land excessively, to the detriment of the land and its vegetation
υπερβοσκώ (ypervoskó)to allow animals to graze excessively

Norwegian overbeite

overbeiteto graze land excessively, to the detriment of the land and its vegetation

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Chicago

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