DEFOREST

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they deforest ... he / she / it deforests

Past simple: deforested

Past participle: deforested

-ing form: deforesting

Meaning:

Remove the trees from

Example:

The landscape was deforested by the enemy attacks

Synonyms:

deforest; disafforest; disforest

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "deforest" is one way to...):

clear (remove)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

deforestation (the removal of trees)

deforestation (the state of being clear of trees)