FOREST
\fˈɒɹɪst], \fˈɒɹɪst], \f_ˈɒ_ɹ_ɪ_s_t]\
Definitions of FOREST
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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establish a forest on previously unforested land; "afforest the mountains"
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the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
By Princeton University
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establish a forest on previously unforested land; "afforest the mountains"
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the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of its own.
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Of or pertaining to a forest; sylvan.
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To cover with trees or wood.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A large uncultivated tract of land covered with trees and underwood: woody ground and rude pasture.
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Pertaining to a forest: silvan: rustic.
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To cover with trees. (O. Fr. forest, Fr. foret-Low L. foresta, which in mediaeval writers is the open wood, as opposed to the parcus (park) or walled-in wood-forestis, out of, not shut-L. foris, out of doors-fores, doors.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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Pertaining to a forest; sylvan; rustic. Forest-born, born in a wild. Forest laws, laws which were formerly very rigidly observed for governing and regulating forests, and preserving game. Forest-walk, a rural shady walk.
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An extensive wood, or a large tract of land covered with trees; an uncultivated tract more or less covered with trees, or once so covered; a royal hunting ground.
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To cover with trees.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A large tract of land covered with trees; an uncultivated tract of ground interspersed with wood for field-sporting.
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Sylvan; rustic.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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