forest
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Middle English < 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-. See foreign.
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[edit] Noun
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forest (plural forests)
- A dense collection of trees covering a relatively large area. Larger than woods.
- Any dense collection or amount.
- Forest of criticism.
- A defined area of land formerly set aside in England as a royal hunting ground.
- (graph theory) a disjoint union of trees
[edit] Translations
dense collection of trees
any dense collection
graph theory: union of trees
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forest
- Connected with forests
[edit] Translations
connected with forests
[edit] Verb
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to forest (third-person singular simple present forests, present participle foresting, simple past and past participle forested)
- (transitive) To cover an area with trees.
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to cover an area with trees
