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overfarming

overfarming is the present participle and gerund of overfarm.

Meaning of overfarm

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To 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

Questions about overfarming

What is overfarming the present participle and gerund of?
Overfarming is the present participle and gerund of overfarm.

Words near overfarming in the dictionary

  1. overfancy
  2. overfar
  3. overfare
  4. overfarm
  5. overfarmed
  6. overfarming
  7. overfarms
  8. overfast
  9. overfasted
  10. overfastidious
  11. overfastidiously

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