overgrazing

Definition of overgrazingnext
present participle of overgraze

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for overgrazing
Verb
  • The star kept her beauty minimal for the Sunday morning sunbathing, styling her blonde hair down with shaggy face-framing bangs grazing her cheekbones and partially obscuring her eyes.
    Lara Walsh, InStyle, 23 Feb. 2026
  • According to The Athletic, video replay of the incident did show Homan’s finger grazing the rock.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 15 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Her idea of a perfect Sunday includes foraging for new items (or old ones, as the case may be) to use in her daily art practice.
    Leigh-Ann Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Small but mighty Eha, on Estonia’s Hiiumaa island, part of a Unesco biosphere, has at its heart dawn mist walks, wild herb foraging, and Baltic ancestral healing.
    Jane Alexander, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Feb. 2026
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“Overgrazing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overgrazing. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.

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