FOREST

I. noun Usage: often attributive see: forum Date: 13th century a dense growth of trees and underbrush covering a large tract, a tract of wooded land in England formerly owned by the sovereign and used for game, something resembling a ~ especially in profusion or lushness , ~al or ~ial adjective ~ed adjective II. transitive verb Date: circa 1828 to cover with trees or ~ , ~ation noun