forest
//ˈfɒɹɪst//
Forms
- Plural
- forests
- present (v1)
- forest
- past (v2)
- forested
- past participle (v3)
- forested
- present participle
- foresting
- 3rd person singular
- forests
Definitions
1.A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.
- Mary is picking berries in the forest.
- I was bitten by a lot of insects in the forest.
2.Any dense collection or amount.
- Squealing and still propelled by the kick, the calf scrabbled through the forest of legs and into the open.
3.A graph with no cycles; i.e., a graph made up of trees.
- Mary is picking berries in the forest.
- I was bitten by a lot of insects in the forest.
4.A group of domains that are managed as a unit.
- Mary is picking berries in the forest.
- I was bitten by a lot of insects in the forest.
1.To cover an area with trees.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1531
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English forest, from Old French forest, from Early Medieval Latin forestis. The Latin could be:
* from foris (“outside”), as in forestis (silva) "(wood) outside,"