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to reforest

to reforest

1 4.4
To plant trees on land where a forest was cut down or destroyed
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈfɔːrɪst/
translation icon : reforestar
  • Now it was reforested, and wild gardens attracted birds and butterflies.
  • reforest the land

But what if they were incentivized to rewild to reforest?

Examples

  • Logging concessions had to reforest logged-over areas.

    Academic text (2000)

  • "We love the idea of taking these neglected urban areas and reforesting and making healthier habitat," says Heather Starck, the center's director until she became Audubon North Carolina's executive director.

    Blog text (29)

  • Reducing meat consumption would also allow us to reforest millions of acres around the world that are now being used to raise and feed animals.

    Time to Choose (2015)

  • Thus, stands that have burned more frequently in the past may be reforested more rapidly following a crown fire.

    Academic text (1997)

  • As they turned off the highway, their two-lane road climbed through a recently reforested area, and Peter felt a surge of hope.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • If future food needs are to be satisfied adequately, we need a worldwide effort to reforest the land, conserve soil, and raise water productivity.

    Academic text (2002)

  • This is usually done by preserving forests that would otherwise be destroyed or by reforesting previously deforested land.

    Academic text (1997)

  • This vulnerability has discouraged some landowners from maintaining forest stands or from reforesting previously cleared areas.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The objective of the strategy is to reforest areas that have gone through deforestation, prevent future forest degradation, and improve the livelihoods of people who depend on forests.

    Blog text (10)

  • The community organized a campaign to reforest the area affected by the recent wildfires.

Synonyms

to replant
vsto reforest
14 3.3

To put a tree, flower, or seed back into the ground after moving it

is limited to planting trees on land cleared by cutting or destruction
to re-afforest
vsto reforest
  • UK
7.9

To plant trees on land that lost its forest

is about planting trees after cutting or destruction rather than formal restoration

Antonyms

to deforest
3 6.0

To cut down most trees in an area so very few remain

How Forested

to reforest
1 4.4
to plant
361 1.0
to deforest
3 6.0

Surface Forms

reforest infinitive
reforested past
reforested past participle
reforesting present participle
reforests third person singular

Morphology

reforest = forest (transparent) = re + forest

This is a standard use of re- with the verb 'forest', meaning to forest an area again or restore tree cover.

Etymology

Reforest comes from the prefix re- 'again' and forest 'woods', so it literally means 'woods again'. So, to reforest is to plant trees and make the woods grow back after they were cut down or destroyed.