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deforest

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Word definitions for deforest in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Deforest \De*for"est\, v. t. To clear of forests; to disforest. --U. S. Agric. Reports.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1880 in modern sense, from de- + forest . Related: Deforested ; deforesting . Disforest in the sense "to clear of trees" is from 1660s. Disafforest is attested in this sense from 1842; originally it meant "reduce from the legal status of a forest" (1590s). ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. remove the trees from; "The landscape was deforested by the enemy attacks" [syn: disforest , disafforest ]

Gazetteer Word definitions in Gazetteer
Population (2000): 7368 Housing Units (2000): 2761 Land area (2000): 4.830617 sq. miles (12.511240 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.052474 sq. miles (0.135906 sq. km) Total area (2000): 4.883091 sq. miles (12.647146 sq. km) FIPS code: 19350 Located within: ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
DeForest (and variant spellings) may refer to: Deforestation DeForest (name) , includes a list of people with the name DeVry University , formerly called the DeForest Training School, a private, for profit university system in the United States Lake DeForest ...

Usage examples of deforest.

I wondered if there was a group anywhere in the state that planted trees in deforested areas.

The shock front of ejected air, and water, and continental dust rolled ashore and kept on rolling toward the eyes of the probe, deforesting a super continent before it, too, began losing speed.

The Peacekeepers can help them to learn how to deal with the encroachments of the desert, how to take their energy needs from the sun instead of deforesting their countryside, how to grow food and balance their population growth.

The fact was that she had rather liked deForest Caswell, although she had only met her friend's husband a few times.