reafforest

/ ˌriːəˈfɒrɪst /

verb

1. (tr) to replant (an area that was formerly forested)

Other Word Forms

• reafforestation noun

Example Sentences

Reafforest, rē-af-for′est, v.t. to convert anew into a forest.—n.

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Associated words: sylvan, sylviculture, nemophilist, nemophily, nemoral, afforest, afforestation, Silenus, hamadryad, glade, reforestize, reforestation, reboise, reafforest, forestry, forester, disboscation, disforest disforestation, hag, assart, camass, cruise, cruiser. forestall, v. anticipate; preoccupy, monopolize. foretell, v. predict, prophesy, prognosticate, augur, presage, portend, forebode, bode, divine, foreshadow, presignify. foreteller, a.

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Antonyms: vulgarity, coarseness, crudity, barbarity, Philistinism. reflect, v. mirror; rebound, revert; meditate, ruminate, consider, contemplate. reflection, n. meditation, contemplation, rumination; stricture, animadversion. reforestization, n. reforesting, reafforestation, reboising. reforestize, v. reafforest, reboise. reform, v. reclaim, regenerate, convert, amend. reformable, a. corrigible.

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—As treeless as Portugal we'll be soon, says John Wyse, or Heligoland with its one tree if something is not done to reafforest the land.

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