overfarm

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ farm.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)m

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To farm too much.
   • 2009 August 17, Jeffrey Gettleman, “Ripples of Dispute Surround Tiny Island in East Africa”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.