REFOREST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reforest mean? 

• REFOREST (verb)
  The verb REFOREST has 1 sense:

1. forest anew

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• REFOREST (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they reforest    ... he / she / it reforests   
Past simple: reforested   
Past participle: reforested   
-ing form: reforesting   

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)