deforest

See also: Deforest, DeForest, deForest, De Forest, and de Forest

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ forest.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈfɒɹɪst/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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.
2. (transitive, law, archaic) To disafforest (remove legal status as forest).

Derived terms

• deforestation
• deforester

Related terms

• deafforest

Translations

to clear an area of forest

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

  Bokmål: avskoge

• Piedmontese: disbosché
• Polish: wylesiać (pl) impf, wylesić (pl) pf
• Portuguese: desflorestar, deflorestar
• Russian: обезле́сить (ru) (obezlésitʹ)
• Spanish: deforestar (es), clarear (es)
• Swedish: avskoga, skövla (sv)
• Turkish: ormansızlaştırmak

Anagrams

• forested, fostered