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/fˈɔrəst/ /fˈɔrɪst/ Listen

noun

Forest n.

An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with trees; in the United States, a wood of native growth, or a tract of woodland which has never been cultivated.

(Eng. Law) A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of its own.

verb

Forest v. t. To cover with trees or wood.

adjective

Forest adj. Of or pertaining to a forest; sylvan.

Forest fly. (Zool.)

(a)

One of numerous species of blood-sucking flies, of the family Tabanidae, which attack both men and beasts. See Horse fly.

(b)

A fly of the genus Hippobosca, esp. H. equina. See Horse tick.

Forest glade, a grassy space in a forest.

Forest laws, laws for the protection of game, preservation of timber, etc., in forests.

Forest tree, a tree of the forest, especially a timber tree, as distinguished from a fruit tree.

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Etymology of 'Forest'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Forest" Quotes from Famous Books

... 1811, Marie Louise still went about. She drove to the hunt in the forest of Vincennes, in that of Saint Germain, and at Versailles. She used to walk in the Bois de Boulogne with Napoleon. Towards the middle of February great preparations began to be made for the happy event. Dr. Dubois was installed at the Tuileries, in the apartments of the ...

— The Happy Days of the Empress Marie Louise • Imbert De Saint-Amand

... us an idyl of forest trails, cloud-swept mountains, glacier-born cascades, gentle Selish and heart-broken Indian chiefs, born to learn their day is past. The book will widen the circles of those who regret the passing of the brave, ...

— A Man of Two Countries • Alice Harriman

... time the road had been ascending, and by and by he found himself on a bare moor, among heather not yet in bloom, and a forest of bracken. Here was a great, beautiful chamber for him! and what better bed than God's heather! what better canopy than God's high, star-studded night, with its airy curtains of dusky darkness! Was it ...

— Donal Grant • George MacDonald

... head-overseers of octrois, wolf-bounty guards, commissioners of the urban police, inspectors of weights and measures, town collectors, whose receipts do not exceed thirty thousand francs, down to and comprising the lowest employees, such as forest guards of the department and commune, lock-keepers and navigation guards, overseers of the quays and of commercial ports, toll-gatherers on bridges and highways, field-guards of the smallest village, policemen posted on the corner of a street, and stone-breakers ...

— The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 5 (of 6) - The Modern Regime, Volume 1 (of 2)(Napoleon I.) • Hippolyte A. Taine

... beads, and of the disagreeable visitor. Then gradually she realized that she had never before been so far along this rough path. All about her rose huge, towering pines. Looking ahead the path seemed to end in a dense thicket. She heard the rustle of some little forest animal as it moved through the vines behind her, and the call of birds near at hand. Faith began to recall the happenings of the morning: the excitement of Esther's arrival, the sudden appearance of the bear ...

— A Little Maid of Ticonderoga • Alice Turner Curtis

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