"forest" Definition

Definitions for the word "forest" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with trees; in the United States, a wood of native growth, or a tract of woodland which has never been cultivated.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. a.
Of or pertaining to a forest; sylvan.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
To cover with trees or wood.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
1 (often attrib.) Large area of trees and undergrowth. 2 trees in this. 3 large number or dense mass. v. 1 plant with trees. 2 convert into a forest. [latin forestis: related to *foreign]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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