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REFOREST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reforest mean? 

REFOREST (verb)
  The verb REFOREST has 1 sense:

1. forest anewplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


REFOREST (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they reforest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it reforests  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: reforested  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: reforested  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: reforesting  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Forest anew

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

After the fire, they reforested the mountain

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

afforest; forest (establish a forest on previously unforested land)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

reforestation (the restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting)


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