reforest

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verb

To replant a forest, especially after clearcutting.

OriginEnglish forest ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbreforest (third-person singular simple present reforests, present participle reforesting, simple past and past participle reforested)

present singular third person reforests · participle present reforesting · participle past reforested · past reforested

  1. To replant a forest, especially after clearcutting.
  2. To afforest.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishforest
  7. Englishreforest

From re- + forest.

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Translations

Catalan reforestar
  • reforestarreplant
Dutch herbebossen
  • herbebossenreplant
Esperanto rearbarigi
  • rearbarigireplant
Finnish metsittää uudelleen, istuttaa metsää uudelleen
  • metsittää uudelleenreplant
  • istuttaa metsää uudelleenreplant
French reboiser, reforester
  • reboiserreplant
  • reforesterreplant
Greek αναδασώνω
  • αναδασώνω (anadasóno)replant
Hungarian újraerdősít
  • újraerdősítreplant
Italian rimboschire
  • rimboschirereplant
Polish ponownie zalesiać, ponownie zalesić
  • ponownie zalesiaćreplant
  • ponownie zalesićreplant
Portuguese reflorestar
  • reflorestarreplant
Spanish reforestar
  • reforestarreplant
Swedish återbeskoga
  • återbeskogareplant

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

foresterFoersterfosterer
Cite this entry
APA

reforest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reforest

MLA

“reforest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reforest. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reforest,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reforest.

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