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verb
Geography1To erode (a valley) more deeply by glacial action than would occur by water erosion alone.
2More generally: to deepen excessively or abnormally; especially to further deepen by erosion.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Science. From over- + deepen, probably after overdeepening.
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