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forest

UK
/ˈfɒr.ɪst/
US
/ˈfɔr.ɪst/
forest management
forest managements

Translations

forestnoun
forests
pl
UK
/ˈfɒr.ɪst/
US
/ˈfɔr.ɪst/
The hikers spent the weekend exploring the dense forest.
Les randonneurs ont passé le week-end à explorer la forêt dense.
Additional translations
forêtAu sens figuré, pour une masse dense d’objets verticaux.
forêtAu sens historique anglais, domaine royal réservé à la chasse.
Synonyms
woodland
jungle
thicket
grove
timberland
copse
silva
bush
wilds
Antonyms
desert
grassland
plain
prairie
meadow
field
open land
forestverb
forested
Past Simple
forested
Past Participle
foresting
Gerund
UK
/ˈfɒr.ɪst/
US
/ˈfɔːr.ɪst/
boiserSurtout pour un terrain qu’on couvre d’arbres.
The conservation project aims to forest the barren hillside.
Le projet de conservation vise à boiser la colline aride.
Additional translations
se boiserPour un terrain qui se couvre naturellement d’arbres.
Synonyms
afforest
reforest
plant (trees)
tree
wood (verb)
green (verb)
sylvanize
Antonyms
deforest
clear
clear-cut
denude
fell
forestadjective
UK
/ˈfɒr.ɪst/
US
/ˈfɔːr.ɪst/
Used attributively to modify another noun (e.g., “forest fire”).
forestierS’emploie pour ce qui est lié à la forêt.
Forest wildlife is vulnerable to habitat loss.
La faune forestière est vulnérable à la perte d’habitat.
Synonyms
wooded
forested
sylvan
silvan
woodsy
woody
bosky
arboreal
Antonyms
deforested
unforested
treeless
non-forested
urban

Definitions

forestnoun
A large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth.
The hikers spent the weekend exploring the dense forest.
A large number or dense mass of vertical objects.
The city skyline was a forest of skyscrapers.
Historically in England, an area of land designated as royal property and reserved for hunting.
Sherwood Forest was once a royal forest where only the king could hunt.
Land covered with trees and undergrowth considered collectively.
Much of northern Finland is forest.
forestverb
To cover (land) with trees; to plant trees on an area.
The conservation project aims to forest the barren hillside.
To become covered with forest naturally.
In the absence of farming, the abandoned fields began to forest over the decades.
forestadjective
Relating to or characteristic of a forest; living or growing in a forest.
Forest wildlife is vulnerable to habitat loss.
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