Forest
['fɒrɪst] or ['fɔrɪst]
Definition
(noun.) the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area.
(noun.) land that is covered with trees and shrubs.
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Definition
(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.
(n.) 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.
(a.) Of or pertaining to a forest; sylvan.
(v. t.) To cover with trees or wood.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Wood (of large extent), woods, woodland, grove.
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Definition
n. a large uncultivated tract of land covered with trees and underwood: woody ground and rude pasture: a preserve for large game as a deer forest: a royal preserve for hunting governed by a special code called the Forest Law.—adj. pertaining to a forest: silvan: rustic.—v.t. to cover with trees.—n. For′estage an ancient service paid by foresters to the king: the right of foresters.—adjs. For′estal; For′est-born (Shak.) born in a wild.—ns. For′ester one who has charge of a forest: an inhabitant of a forest; For′est-fly a dipterous insect sometimes called Horse-fly from the annoyance it causes horses.—adj. For′estine.—ns. For′est-mar′ble a fissile limestone belonging to the middle division of the Jurassic System so called because the typical beds are found in Wychwood Forest Oxfordshire; For′est-oak the timber of the Australian beefwood trees; For′estry the art of cultivating forests; For′est-tree a timber-tree.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you find yourself in a dense forest, denotes loss in trade, unhappy home influences and quarrels among families. If you are cold and feel hungry, you will be forced to make a long journey to settle some unpleasant affair. To see a forest of stately trees in foliage, denotes prosperity and pleasures. To literary people, this dream foretells fame and much appreciation from the public. A young lady relates the following dream and its fulfilment: ``I was in a strange forest of what appeared to be cocoanut trees, with red and yellow berries growing on them. The ground was covered with blasted leaves, and I could hear them crackle under my feet as I wandered about lost. The next afternoon I received a telegram announcing the death of a dear cousin.''
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Examples
- The forest of oak trees on the mountain beyond the town was gone. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- At his feet an opening looked out upon a green sward, and at a little distance beyond was the dense wall of jungle and forest. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- They were forest and parkland people without horses. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The trees of the forest attracted my deep admiration as I proceeded toward the sea. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The smoke, gases, and ashes left in the path of a raging forest fire are no compensation to us for the valuable timber destroyed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Your officer, Captain Dufranne, is one of them, and the forest man who has saved the lives of every member of my father's party is the other. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The battle-field was so densely covered with forest that but little could be seen, by any one person, as to the progress made. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- And by reason of the employment of such vision in the past, Edison is now able to see quite clearly through the forest of difficulties after eliminating them one by one. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is like an encampment of forest sons of Anak. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- In Sherwood ForeSt.' It was evident he knew the place. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- My first visit would be to my sister, who inhabited a little cottage, a part of Adrian's gift, on the borders of Windsor Forest. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Just as a church clock in the distance struck the quarter past, we turned into the Forest Road. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I wanted to be cutting at those trees in the forest of difficulty, under circumstances that should prove my strength. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- If he were another of the wild denizens of this terrible forest what might he not do to claim her? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- We'll take a snack, and order dinner at the little inn--the Lennard Arms, it used to be,--and go and get an appetite in the forest. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- What are Petrified Forests? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In those days the natives around these forests (who were half Indian and half Negro) happened to find some of this juice sticking on the tree. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The Relation of Forests to the Water Supply. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In all the grandeur of these forests there is repose; in all their freshness there is tenderness. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The great ox, or aurochs, is now extinct, but it survived in the German forests up to the time of the Roman Empire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The blame of the violence shall rest with the outlaws of the Yorkshire forests. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- This decadence was in part due to the severe laws enacted against the destruction of forests, and most of the iron was then brought to England from Germany and other countries. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The abundant remains of these first swamp forests constitute the main coal-measures of the world to-day. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There were some small clearings between Belmont and the point where we landed, but most of the country was covered with the native forests. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Bayous Baxter and Macon are narrow and tortuous, and the banks are covered with dense forests overhanging the channel. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- If the hills and forests and streams were not _your_ land or _my_ land, it was because they had to be our land. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The forests were felled, and the tree-tops removed and made into charcoal for use in the glass works of Bohemia. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The difficulty of making a way through the dense forests prevented Burnside from getting up in time to be of any service on the forenoon of the sixth. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Hevea trees are scattered through the dense forests of practically every part of the Amazon Basin, a territory more than two-thirds as large as the United States. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Changes of climate which were replacing forest by pasture, and the accidental burning of forests by fire may have assisted this development. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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