English

Verb

overgrazing

1. present participle of overgraze

Noun

overgrazing ‎(countable and uncountable, plural overgrazings)

1. Excessive grazing to an extent that the land is damaged.
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 142:

     The law was intended to reduce overgrazing by cattle, but its impact would be to further curtail land for Africans.

Translations