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overcultivate

overcultivate verb: to cultivate excessively.

Verb

overcultivate (third-person singular simple present overcultivates, present participle overcultivating, simple past and past participle overcultivated)

  1. (transitive) To cultivate excessively.

Forms of overcultivate

third-person singular presentovercultivates
present participleovercultivating
past participleovercultivated
pastovercultivated

Origin of overcultivate

From over- + cultivate.

Questions about overcultivate

What does overcultivate mean?
Overcultivate means to cultivate excessively.
What part of speech is overcultivate?
Overcultivate is a verb.
What is the past tense of overcultivate?
The past tense of overcultivate is overcultivated.

Words near overcultivate in the dictionary

  1. overcrusts
  2. overcull
  3. overculled
  4. overculling
  5. overculls
  6. overcultivate
  7. overcultivated
  8. overcultivates
  9. overcultivating
  10. overcultivation
  11. overcultural

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