deforest

English

Etymology

de- +‎ forest

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈfɒɹɪst/

Verb

deforest (third-person singular simple present deforests, present participle deforesting, simple past and past participle deforested)

1. (transitive) To clear (an area) of forest.

Derived terms

• deforestation

Translations

to clear an area of forest

• Catalan: desboscar (ca), desforestar (ca)
• Danish: rydde for skov, afskove
• Dutch: ontbossen (nl)
• Esperanto: senarbarigi
• French: déboiser (fr), déforester (fr)
• Galician: deforestar
• German: entwalden (de)
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• Ido: desarborizar (io)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: avskoge

• Polish: wylesiać (pl) impf, wylesić (pl) pf
• Spanish: deforestar (es)
• Swedish: avskoga, skövla (sv)

Anagrams

• forested, fostered