Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
Answers.com

deforest

Did you mean: deforest, Deforestation (Science), Deforest (first name), Deforest (family name), Calvert DeForest, Henry deForest, Deforest (WI), Charles DeForest (Jazz Artist)

 
Dictionary: de·for·est   (dē-fôr'ĭst, -fŏr'-) pronunciation
 
tr.v., -est·ed, -est·ing, -ests.

To cut down and clear away the trees or forests from.

deforestation de·for'es·ta'tion (-ĭ-stā'shən) n.
deforester de·for'est·er n.
Search unanswered questions...
Enter a word or phrase...
All Community Q&A Reference topics
 
WordNet: deforest
Top
Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: remove the trees from
  Synonyms: disforest, disafforest


 
Translations: Deforest
Top

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - rydde for skov

Nederlands (Dutch)
ontbossen

Français (French)
v. tr. - déboiser

Deutsch (German)
v. - entwalden, abholzen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αποψιλώνω (από δάση)

Italiano (Italian)
disboscare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - desmatar

Русский (Russian)
вырубать лес

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - deforestar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - skövla (skog)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
采伐森林, 清除树林

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 採伐森林, 清除樹林

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 숲을 개간하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 森林を伐採する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يزيل الأشجار أو الأحراج من منطقه ما‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮בירא, עקר עצים‬


 
 

Did you mean: deforest, Deforestation (Science), Deforest (first name), Deforest (family name), Calvert DeForest, Henry deForest, Deforest (WI), Charles DeForest (Jazz Artist)

Learn More
Deforrest (family name)
Bogart, Humphrey DeForest (American actor)
Apache Uprising (1966 Western Film)

Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:

 

Copyrights:

Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
WordNet. WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.  Read more
Translations. Copyright © 2007, WizCom Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved.  Read more

 

Mentioned in