overgrazing

English

Verb

overgrazing

1. present participle and gerund 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: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 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)

• Finnish: ylilaidunnus, ylilaiduntaminen
• Greek: υπερβόσκηση (el) f (ypervóskisi)
• Portuguese: sobrepastoreio m, sobrepastagem f
• Russian: перевыпас (ru) m (perevypas)
• Spanish: sobrepastoreo m