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afforest

/əˈfɒɹɪst/US/əˈfɔɹɪst/

afforest verb: to make into forest.

afforest: A grassy field with trees in the background
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Verb

afforest (third-person singular simple present afforests, present participle afforesting, simple past and past participle afforested)

  1. (transitive) To make into forest
    • After we leave the quarry, we intend to afforest the land and turn it into a nature reserve.
    • It is probably impossible to afforest quickly any real desert.1901 June 7, G. H. Davies, “Rain-making”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 7, page 195
    Synonyms:
    forest

afforest meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

afforest in Tamil

காடுவளர், வேட்டைக்காடாக மாற்று

afforest in Bengali

অবনভূমিকে বনে পরিণত করা

afforest in Malayalam

നാടിനെ കാടാക്കുക, മരങ്ങൾ വെച്ചുപിടിപ്പിക്കുക, കാടു വെച്ചുപിടിപ്പിക്കുക

afforest in Kannada

ಕಾಡು ಬೆಳೆ
More languagesFewer languages
afforest in Arabic
شَجَّرَ šajjara

Synonyms of afforest

Antonyms

Forms of afforest

third-person singular presentafforests
present participleafforesting
past participleafforested
pastafforested

Origin of afforest

First attested in the 16th century. From Medieval Latin afforēstō, from Latin ad (“towards”) + forēsta (“forest”).

Words formed from afforest

Questions about afforest

What does afforest mean?
Afforest means to make into forest.
What is afforest in Tamil?
Afforest in Tamil is காடுவளர், வேட்டைக்காடாக மாற்று. See Afforest meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is afforest?
Afforest is a verb.
How do you pronounce afforest?
Afforest is pronounced /əˈfɒɹɪst/ (UK).
What is the past tense of afforest?
The past tense of afforest is afforested.

Words near afforest in the dictionary

  1. affordeth
  2. affording
  3. affordment
  4. affordments
  5. affords
  6. afforest
  7. afforestable
  8. afforestation
  9. afforestations
  10. afforested
  11. afforesting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: afforest (page history and authors); afforest (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); afforest (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); afforest (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); afforest (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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