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AFFOREST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does afforest mean? 

AFFOREST (verb)
  The verb AFFOREST has 1 sense:

1. establish a forest on previously unforested landplay

  Familiarity information: AFFOREST used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AFFOREST (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they afforest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it afforests  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: afforested  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: afforested  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: afforesting  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Establish a forest on previously unforested land

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

afforest; forest

Context example:

afforest the mountains

Hypernyms (to "afforest" is one way to...):

plant; set (put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "afforest"):

re-afforest (reestablish a forest after clear-cutting or fire, etc.)

reforest (forest anew)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

afforestation (the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting))


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