Definition of Reforest

1. Verb. Forest anew. "After the fire, they reforested the mountain"

Generic synonyms: Afforest, Forest
Derivative terms: Reforestation

Definition of Reforest

1. v. t. To replant with trees; to reafforest; to reforestize.

Definition of Reforest

1. Verb. To replant a forest, especially after clear-cutting. ¹

2. Verb. To afforest. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reforest

1. to replant with trees [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reforest

refolded
refolding
refolds
refollow
refollowed
refollowing
refollows
refoment
refomented
refomenting
refoments
refoot
refooted
refooting
refoots
reforest (current term)
reforestation
reforestations
reforested
reforesting
reforestization
reforestize
reforestized
reforestizing
reforests
reforge
reforged
reforger
reforgers
reforges

Literary usage of Reforest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives by United States Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture (1922)
"Individuals are not going to reforest their land except where '"ey are able to do ... Business men ai'e not going to reforest except where they can make a ..."

2. Pamphlets on Forestry in Michigan (1906)
"How many fires nature will withstand and retain its ability to reforest is a matter dependent on local conditions and on the extent and fierceness of the ..."

3. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1914)
"It must, therefore, be left to the State and the community to reforest by planting the idle and waste lands in New England that on account of their location ..."

4. Repression of Montagnards: Conflicts Over Land and Religion in Vietnam's by Sidney Jones, Malcolm Smart (2002)
"These included the 1992 Program 327 (known as the "Regreening of the Barren Hills Program"), which aimed to reforest barren areas, protect and exploit ..."

5. Investigation of the Department of the Interior and of the Bureau of by United States, Congress (1910)
"In regard to the reforest ration, what has been your success in that part of the work ( Mr. PINCHOT. We have had considerable success in two lines: First, ..."

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