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foresting

foresting is the present participle and gerund of forest.

Meaning of forest

Verb

forest (third-person singular simple present forests, present participle foresting, simple past and past participle forested)

  1. (transitive) To cover an area with trees.
    • From the view-point of national economy professor Fehér communicates to us most interesting facts, which he has established in an important question now of actuality : in the subject of foresting the Great Hungarian Plains.1937, Széchenyi Scientific Society, Report on the Work of the Széchenyi Scientific Society: Founded for the Promotion of Research in Natural Sciences in Hungary, Zeéchenyi Scientific Society, page 83

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Questions about foresting

What is foresting the present participle and gerund of?
Foresting is the present participle and gerund of forest.

Words near foresting in the dictionary

  1. forestiera
  2. forestieras
  3. Forestiers
  4. forestification
  5. forestine
  6. foresting
  7. forestish
  8. forestization
  9. forestkeeper
  10. forestkeepers
  11. forestland

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