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REFOREST
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they reforest ... he / she / it reforests
Past simple: reforested
Past participle: reforested
-ing form: reforesting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Forest anew
Example:
After the fire, they reforested the mountain
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "reforest" is one way to...):
afforest; forest (establish a forest on previously unforested land)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Derivation:
reforestation (the restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting)
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