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Vinony

overgraze

verb

  1. graze to the point of damaging the life cycle of vegetation
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verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *grasą Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *grasōną Proto-West Germanic *grasōn Old English grasian Middle English grasen English graze English overgraze From over- + graze.

  1. to graze land excessively, to the detriment of the land and its vegetation
  2. to allow animals to graze excessively