reforest

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ forest.

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.
2. To afforest.

Translations

replant

• Catalan: reforestar (ca)
• Dutch: herbebossen (nl)
• Esperanto: rearbarigi
• Finnish: metsittää uudelleen, istuttaa metsää uudelleen
• French: reboiser (fr), reforester (fr)
• Greek: αναδασώνω (el) (anadasóno)
• Hungarian: újraerdősít (rare)
• Interlingua: reforestar
• Italian: rimboschire (it)
• Polish: ponownie zalesiać impf, ponownie zalesić pf
• Portuguese: reflorestar (pt)
• Spanish: reforestar (es)
• Swedish: återbeskoga (sv)

afforest — see afforest

Anagrams

• Foerster, Forester, forester, fosterer