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overcropping

overcropping is the present participle and gerund of overcrop.

Meaning of overcrop

Verb

overcrop (third-person singular simple present overcrops, present participle overcropping, simple past and past participle overcropped)

  1. To cultivate land excessively and thus exhaust its fertility.

Questions about overcropping

What is overcropping the present participle and gerund of?
Overcropping is the present participle and gerund of overcrop.

Words near overcropping in the dictionary

  1. overcriticizing
  2. overcroft
  3. overcrofts
  4. overcrop
  5. overcropped
  6. overcropping
  7. overcrops
  8. overcross
  9. overcrossed
  10. overcrosses
  11. overcrossing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overcropping (page history and authors); overcrop (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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