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overharvest

overharvest verb: to harvest too much, especially at an unsustainably high level.

Verb

overharvest (third-person singular simple present overharvests, present participle overharvesting, simple past and past participle overharvested)

  1. To harvest too much, especially at an unsustainably high level.
    • The fish in this area have been overharvested for years.

Noun

overharvest (plural overharvests)

  1. An excessive harvest.

Forms of overharvest

Verb
third-person singular presentoverharvests
present participleoverharvesting
past participleoverharvested
pastoverharvested
Noun
pluraloverharvests

Origin of overharvest

From over- + harvest.

Questions about overharvest

What does overharvest mean?
Overharvest means to harvest too much, especially at an unsustainably high level.
What part of speech is overharvest?
Overharvest can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of overharvest?
The past tense of overharvest is overharvested.

Words near overharvest in the dictionary

  1. overhardness
  2. overhardy
  3. overharsh
  4. overharshly
  5. overharshness
  6. overharvest
  7. overharvested
  8. overharvesting
  9. overharvests
  10. overhaste
  11. overhasten

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