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reafforesting

reafforesting is the present participle and gerund of reafforest.

Meaning of reafforest

Verb

reafforest (third-person singular simple present reafforests, present participle reafforesting, simple past and past participle reafforested)

  1. (dated) To reforest.
    • While it is a very slow-growing tree, there is some consolation in the fact that it usually grows in barren, rocky country, unsuitable for agriculture, and therefore wholesale clearings are not made as is the case with many other timbers. At the same time it does not readily reafforest.1901 August 2, “Australian Tree Seeds”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 11, page 326

Questions about reafforesting

What is reafforesting the present participle and gerund of?
Reafforesting is the present participle and gerund of reafforest.

Words near reafforesting in the dictionary

  1. reafflicts
  2. reafforest
  3. reafforestation
  4. reafforestations
  5. reafforested
  6. reafforesting
  7. reafforests
  8. reafs
  9. Reagan
  10. Reagan County
  11. Reagan Democrat

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