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• deforest
  deforest

  verb (used with object)

  to divest or clear of forests or trees.
• DeForest
  DeForest

  American electrical engineer and inventor who is known as "the father of radio." He patented more than 300 inventions, including the triode electron tube, which made it possible to amplify and detect radio waves.

deforest

American  

[dee-fawr-ist, -for-] / diˈfɔr ɪst, -ˈfɒr- /

verb (used with object)

1. to divest or clear of forests or trees.

   Poor planning deforested the area in ten years.

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deforest British  

/ diːˈfɒrɪst /

verb

1. Also: disforest.  (tr) to clear of trees

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DeForest Scientific  

/ dĭ-fôr′ĭst /

1. American electrical engineer and inventor who is known as "the father of radio." He patented more than 300 inventions, including the triode electron tube, which made it possible to amplify and detect radio waves.

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Other Word Forms

• deforestation
  noun
• deforester
  noun

Etymology

Origin of deforest

First recorded in 1530–40; de- + forest

Example Sentences

Biden was set to promote his economic plan at a training center run by the Laborers’ International Union of North America in Deforest, Wisconsin, near Madison, the White House said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2023

Indy’s top defensive players, All-Pros Deforest Buckner and Darius Leonard, also are locked up.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2021

The 24-year-old former aide, Samantha Deforest Davis, was sentenced to two years of supervised probation with 200 hours of community service, with a suspended sentence of 180 days in prison.

From Fox News • Oct. 28, 2019

The tunnel boring machine, the sort used worldwide for major water and transportation projects, is named for civil engineer Nora Stanton Blatch Deforest Barney.

From Washington Times • Jun. 20, 2018

Henry Deforest took on the formidable task of providing food for the city; Samuel Benge took charge of carrying the sick to Bush Hill and seeing that the dead were properly buried.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy