n.
- a large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth.
▸historical an area, typically owned by the sovereign and partly wooded, kept for hunting and having its own laws.
- a dense mass of vertical or tangled objects.
v.
[
usu. as adj. forested]
plant with trees.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: via OFr. from late L. forestis (silva), lit. ‘(wood) outside’, from L. foris (see foreign).