reforest

[ ree-fawr-ist, -for- ]

verb (used with object)

1. to replant trees on (land denuded by cutting or fire).

reforest

/ riːˈfɒrɪst /

verb

1. See reafforest
   tr another word for reafforest

Other Words From

• re·for·est·a·tion [ree-fawr-, uh, -, stey, -sh, uh, n, -for-], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of reforest¹

First recorded in 1880–85; re- + forest

Example Sentences

Even reforesting all of the deforested trees wouldn’t be enough, she adds.

From MIT Technology Review

In some cases, a scar left by quarrying can be reforested, or turned into a lake.

From Popular-Science

Learn more ›Double-paneled walls constructed with reforested Canadian Hemlock wood planks.

From Popular-Science

The state of Mexico is reforesting the slopes above the city, which should help capture rainwater and minimize landslides during the more frequent and intense storms powered by climate change.

From MIT Technology Review

The Bonn Challenge aims to globally reforest 350 million hectares of land.

From Science News

Another early attempt to assist in forest conservation was an attempt to reforest the treeless plains of our Western States.

From Project Gutenberg

It would take a hundred years to reforest those acres denuded of their timber by the fire of a few days.

From Project Gutenberg

The only remedy is for the government to buy the land at the head-waters of the rivers and reforest it.

From Project Gutenberg

The shortleaf pine will reforest the old areas, and spread over a widening territory, if only it is given a chance.

From Project Gutenberg

He said, "They are growing those little trees to reforest the desolate, burned over regions of the Adirondacks."

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