forest

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 See also 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 See also 1.6 Anagrams 2 Middle French 2.1 Noun 3 Old French 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Descendants

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French forest < Late Latin forestem silvam (“‘the outside woods’”), in reference to the royal forest < Latin foris (“‘outside, out of doors’”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“‘door, gate’”), whence also English door. See also foreign.

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: fŏrˈəst, IPA: /ˈfɒɹəst/, SAMPA: /"fQrIst/
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[edit] Noun

forest (plural forests)

1. A dense collection of trees covering a relatively large area. Larger than woods.
2. Any dense collection or amount.

   Forest of criticism.

3. A defined area of land formerly set aside in England as a royal hunting ground.
4. (graph theory) a disjoint union of trees

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• afforest

[edit] See also

• Forest on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons

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[edit] Verb

to forest (third-person singular simple present forests, present participle foresting, simple past and past participle forested)

1. (transitive) To cover an area with trees.

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• bush
• deforest
• jungle
• wood
• woodland
• woods

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• Alphagram: eforst
• fetors
• fortes
• foster, Foster
• softer

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forest f. (plural forestz)

1. forest

   Mais quand il eut mis fin a ses parolles, & que semblablement les forestz resonnãtes se furent appaisées […] (L’Arcadie-Trad-Massin, published 1544, Paris)

   But when he had finished talking, and the forests felt appeased […]

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forest f. (oblique plural forests, nominative singular forest, nominative plural forests)

1. forest

[edit] Descendants

• English: forest
• French: forêt
• Middle French: forest