Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overgraze

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-graze
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

to graze land excessively, to the detriment of the land and its vegetation

Transitive verb

verb

to allow animals to graze excessively

Intransitive 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.

Usage

Inflected Forms

overgrazes (present, singular) overgrazing (participle, present) overgrazed (participle, past) overgrazed (past)

Questions

What does overgraze mean?: to graze land excessively, to the detriment of the land and its vegetation
Where does overgraze come from?: 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.

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