reforest
verb (used with object)
to replant trees on (land denuded by cutting or fire).
is reforesting
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present progressiveof reforest (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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A number of migratory species that nest in northeastern forests have rebounded because that part of the country is reforesting as agriculture declines.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was prepared to show the method by which the Forestry Commission is reforesting large areas of State land that have been denuded by repeated fires.
From New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 Report of the New York State Commission by DeLancey M. Ellis
