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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 land
Familiarity information: AFFOREST used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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... he / she / it afforests Past simple: afforested
Past participle: afforested
-ing form: afforesting
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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