overharvest

verb

Etymology

From over- + harvest.

  1. derived from *kerp-✻
  2. inherited from *harbistaz✻
  3. inherited from *harbist✻
  4. inherited from hærfest
  5. inherited from harvest
  6. prefixed as overharvest — “over + harvest”

Definitions

  1. To harvest too much, especially at an unsustainably high level.

    • The fish in this area have been overharvested for years.
  2. An excessive harvest.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for overharvest. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA