"reforest" meaning in English

See reforest in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: reforests [present, singular, third-person], reforesting [participle, present], reforested [participle, past], reforested [past]
Etymology: From re- + forest. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|forest}} re- + forest Head templates: {{en-verb}} reforest (third-person singular simple present reforests, present participle reforesting, simple past and past participle reforested)
  1. To replant a forest, especially after clearcutting. Translations (replant): herbebossen (Dutch), rearbarigi (Esperanto), metsittää uudelleen (Finnish), istuttaa metsää uudelleen (Finnish), reboiser (French), reforester (French), αναδασώνω (anadasóno) (Greek), újraerdősít [rare] (Hungarian), reforestar (Interlingua), rimboschire (Italian), ponownie zalesiać [imperfective] (Polish), ponownie zalesić [perfective] (Polish), reflorestar (Portuguese), återbeskoga (Swedish)
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  2. To afforest.
    Sense id: en-reforest-en-verb-iidwhZag

Inflected forms

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