Exhaust+the+fertility+of

  • 1exhaust — exhauster, n. exhaustible, adj. exhaustibility, n. /ig zawst /, v.t. 1. to drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly, as a person: I have exhausted myself working. 2. to use up or consume completely; expend the whole of: He… …

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  • 2exhaust — ex•haust [[t]ɪgˈzɔst[/t]] v. t. 1) to drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly, as a person: I have exhausted myself working[/ex] 2) to use up or consume completely; expend the whole of 3) to draw out all that is essential in (a… …

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  • 3exhaust — /əgˈzɔst / (say uhg zawst), /ɛg / (say eg ) verb (t) 1. to empty by drawing out the contents. 2. to create a vacuum in. 3. to draw out or drain off; draw or drain off completely. 4. to use up or consume completely; expend the whole of: *Our… …

  • 4The Borderland of Sol — is an English language science fiction novelette written in 1975 by Larry Niven. It is the fifth in the Known Space series of stories about crashlander Beowulf Shaeffer. The story was originally published in Analog , January 1975, printed in the… …

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  • 5exhaust — I. verb Etymology: Latin exhaustus, past participle of exhaurire, from ex + haurire to draw; akin to Middle High German œsen to empty, Greek auein to take Date: 1531 transitive verb 1. a. to consume entirely ; use up …

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  • 6overcrop — v. /oh veuhr krop /; n. /oh veuhr krop /, v., overcropped, overcropping, n. v.t. 1. Agric. to crop (land) to excess; exhaust the fertility of by continuous cropping. v.i. 2. to produce a crop in excess of what is permitted, agreed on, or normally …

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  • 7impoverish — v. a. 1. Make poor, bring to want, reduce to poverty, reduce to indigence. 2. Exhaust the fertility of, make sterile, render barren or unfertile …

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  • 8overcrop — /oʊvəˈkrɒp/ (say ohvuh krop) verb (t) (overcropped, overcropping) to crop (land) to excess; exhaust the fertility of by continuous cropping …

  • 9o|ver|crop — «OH vuhr KROP», transitive verb, cropped, crop|ping. to exhaust the fertility of (soil) by uninterrupted planting and harvesting …

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  • 10agricultural technology — Introduction       application of techniques to control the growth and harvesting of animal and vegetable products. Soil preparation       Mechanical processing of soil so that it is in the proper physical condition for planting is usually… …

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