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verb
To cultivate land excessively and thus exhaust its fertility
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
to exhaust by excessive cultivation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: overcultivate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cultivate, crop, work
History
From over- + crop.
