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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
for•est /ˈfɔrɪst, ˈfɑr-/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Botany, Ecologya large area of land covered with trees and underbrush;
    woods.

v. [~ + object]
  1. to grow forest on:to forest the land.
for•est•ed, adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
for•est  (fôr′ist, for′-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Botany, Ecologya large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
  2. Botanythe trees on such a tract:to cut down a forest.
  3. Botany, British Terms, World Historya tract of wooded grounds in England formerly belonging to the sovereign and set apart for game.
  4. a thick cluster of vertical objects:a forest of church spires.

v.t. 
  1. to supply or cover with trees;
    convert into a forest.
  • Late Latin forestis (silva) an unenclosed wood (as opposed to a park), derivative of Latin forīs outside. Cf. foreign
  • Old French
  • Middle English 1250–1300
for′est•al, fo•res•tial  (fə res′chəl),USA pronunciation adj.  for′est•ed, adj. 
for′est•less, adj. 
for′est•like′, adj. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Forest, grove, wood refer to an area covered with trees. A forest is an extensive area, preserving some or all of its primitive wildness and usually having game or wild animals in it:Sherwood Forest; the Black Forest.A grove is a group or cluster of trees, usually not very large in area and cleared of underbrush. It is usually tended or cultivated:a shady grove; a grove of pines; an orange grove; a walnut grove.Woods (or a wood) resembles a forest but is a smaller tract of land, less wild in character, and generally closer to civilization:lost in the woods; a wood covering several acres.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
forest / ˈfɒrɪst/
  1. a large wooded area having a thick growth of trees and plants
  2. the trees of such an area
  3. an area planted with exotic pines or similar trees
    Compare bush14
  4. something resembling a large wooded area, esp in density: a forest of telegraph poles
  5. (formerly) an area of woodland, esp one owned by the sovereign and set apart as a hunting ground with its own laws and officers
  6. (modifier) of, involving, or living in a forest or forests: a forest glade
  1. (transitive) to create a forest (in); plant with trees
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French, from Medieval Latin forestis unfenced woodland, from Latin foris outsideˈforested

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