overgrazing

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

excessive grazing to an extent that the land is damaged

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 過度放牧／过度放牧 (guòdù fàngmù), 过度放牧 (guòdù fàngmù)

• Finnish: ylilaidunnus, ylilaiduntaminen
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• Greek: υπερβόσκηση (el) f (ypervóskisi)
• Portuguese: sobrepastoreio m, sobrepastagem f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can