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[ˈfɒrɪst], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth
(e.g: a pine forest)
- a large number or dense mass of vertical or tangled objects
(e.g: a forest of high-rise apartments)
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Origin
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Middle English (in the sense ‘wooded area kept for hunting’, also denoting any uncultivated land): via Old French from late Latin forestis (silva), literally ‘(wood) outside’, from Latin foris ‘outside’ (see foreign)
[ˈfɒrɪst], (Verb)
Definitions:
- cover (an area) with forest
(e.g: the northern parts of the province are heavily forested by coniferous trees)
Phrases:
Origin
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Middle English (in the sense ‘wooded area kept for hunting’, also denoting any uncultivated land): via Old French from late Latin forestis (silva), literally ‘(wood) outside’, from Latin foris ‘outside’ (see foreign)
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