deforest
/dɪˈfɒɹɪst/
deforest verb: to clear (an area) of forest.
Verb
deforest (third-person singular simple present deforests, present participle deforesting, simple past and past participle deforested)
- To clear (an area) of forest.
- To disafforest (remove legal status as forest).
Proper noun (1) capitalized: DeForest
DeForest (plural DeForests)
- A surname from French, equivalent to English Forest or Woods, equivalent to the modern French surname Deforet.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, equivalent to English Forest.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Deforest
Deforest (plural Deforests)
- Alternative form of DeForest.
Proper noun (3) capitalized: deForest
deForest (plural deForests)
- Alternative form of DeForest.
deforest meaning in Vietnamese
deforest in Vietnamese
- to clear an area of forest
- phá rừng
Forms of deforest
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | deforests |
| present participle | deforesting |
| past participle | deforested |
| past | deforested |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | DeForests |
| alternative form | Deforest |
| alternative form | deForest |
| alternative form | De Forest |
| alternative form | de Forest |
| alternative form | Forest |
| alternative form | Deforet |
| alternative form | deForet |
| alternative form | DeForet |
| alternative form | De Foret |
| alternative form | de Foret |
| alternative form | Foret |
| plural | Deforests |
| plural | deForests |
Origin of deforest
From de- + forest.
Rare French surname, from de (“from”) + forest. Compare Deforrest, Defrees, Defreest.
Words formed from deforest
Questions about deforest
- What does deforest mean?
- Deforest means to clear (an area) of forest.
- What is deforest in Vietnamese?
- Deforest in Vietnamese is phá rừng. See Deforest meaning in Vietnamese.
- What part of speech is deforest?
- Deforest can be a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce deforest?
- Deforest is pronounced /dɪˈfɒɹɪst/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of deforest?
- The past tense of deforest is deforested.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: deforest (page history and authors); DeForest (page history and authors); Deforest (page history and authors); deForest (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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