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RE-AFFOREST
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they re-afforest ... he / she / it re-afforests
Past simple: re-afforested
Past participle: re-afforested
-ing form: re-afforesting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reestablish a forest after clear-cutting or fire, etc.
Example:
re-afforest the area that was burned during the fighting
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "re-afforest" is one way to...):
afforest; forest (establish a forest on previously unforested land)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
re-afforestation (the restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting)
