forest

UK
/ˈfɒr.ɪst/
US
/ˈfɔr.ɪst/
forestnoun
forests
pl
UK
/ˈfɒr.ɪst/
US
/ˈfɔr.ɪst/
Translations
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.
Definitions
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
forested
Past Simple
forested
Past Participle
foresting
Gerund
UK
/ˈfɒr.ɪst/
US
/ˈfɔːr.ɪst/
Translations
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.
Definitions
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.
Synonyms
plant (trees)
wood (verb)
green (verb)
forestadjective
UK
/ˈfɒr.ɪst/
US
/ˈfɔːr.ɪst/
Used attributively to modify another noun (e.g., “forest fire”).
Translations
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.
Definitions
Relating to or characteristic of a forest; living or growing in a forest.
Forest wildlife is vulnerable to habitat loss.