RE-AFFOREST

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they re-afforest ... he / she / it re-afforests

Past simple: re-afforested

Past participle: re-afforested

-ing form: re-afforesting

Meaning:

Reestablish a forest after clear-cutting or fire, etc.

Example:

re-afforest the area that was burned during the fighting

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "re-afforest" is one way to...):

afforest; forest (establish a forest on previously unforested land)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

re-afforestation (the restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting)