"deforest" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /dɪˈfɒɹɪst/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deforest.wav [Southern-England] Forms: deforests [present, singular, third-person], deforesting [participle, present], deforested [participle, past], deforested [past]
Etymology: de- + forest Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|forest}} de- + forest Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive Translations (to clear an area of forest): desboscar (Catalan), desforestar (Catalan), rydde for skov (Danish), afskove (Danish), ontbossen (Dutch), senarbarigi (Esperanto), kaataa metsää (Finnish), poistaa metsää (Finnish), hävittää metsää (Finnish), déboiser (French), déforester (French), deforestar (Galician), entwalden (German), desarborizar (Ido), обесшумува (obesšumuva) (Macedonian), avskoge (Norwegian Bokmål), disbosché (Piedmontese), wylesiać [imperfective] (Polish), wylesić [perfective] (Polish), desflorestar (Portuguese), deflorestar (Portuguese), обезле́сить (obezlésitʹ) (Russian), deforestar (Spanish), clarear (Spanish), avskoga (Swedish), skövla (Swedish), ormansızlaştırmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-deforest-en-verb-hhT~yHG9 Disambiguation of 'to clear an area of forest': 98 2
  2. (transitive, law, archaic) To disafforest (remove legal status as forest). Tags: archaic, transitive Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-deforest-en-verb--nMGKHQR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 34 66 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: deforestation Related terms: deafforest

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to clear an area of forest",
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      "sense": "to clear an area of forest",
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      "sense": "to clear an area of forest",
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      "sense": "to clear an area of forest",
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      "sense": "to clear an area of forest",
      "word": "déforester"
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      "word": "deforestar"
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      "sense": "to clear an area of forest",
      "word": "entwalden"
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      "sense": "to clear an area of forest",
      "word": "desarborizar"
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