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The noun forest has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)

• 1. (36) forest, wood, woods -- (the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area)
• 2. (2) forest, woodland, timberland, timber -- (land that is covered with trees and shrubs)

The verb forest has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)

• 1. afforest, forest -- (establish a forest on previously unforested land; ``afforest the mountains'' )

Sense 1

• bosk -- (a small wooded area)
• grove -- (a small growth of trees without underbrush)
• jungle -- (an impenetrable equatorial forest)
• rain forest, rainforest -- (a forest with heavy annual rainfall)
• old growth, virgin forest -- (forest or woodland having a mature or overly mature ecosystem more or less uninfluenced by human activity)
• second growth -- (a second growth of trees covering an area where the original stand was destroyed by fire or cutting)

Sense 2

• greenwood -- (woodlands in full leaf; ``the greenwood was Robin Hood's home'' )
• riparian forest -- (woodlands along the banks of stream or river)
  HAS INSTANCE=> Sherwood Forest -- (an ancient forest in central England; formerly a royal hunting ground; said to be the home of Robin Hood and his merry band)
• silva, sylva -- (the forest trees growing in a country or region)
• tree farm -- (a forest (or part of a forest) where trees are grown for commercial use)
  HAS INSTANCE=> Wilderness -- (a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War)

Sense 1

• vegetation, flora, botany -- (all the plant life in a particular region or period; ``Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China'' )

Sense 2

• land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma -- (the solid part of the earth's surface; ``the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground'' )
• biome -- (a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate)

Sense 1

Sense 1

Sense 1

• afforest, forest -- (establish a forest on previously unforested land; ``afforest the mountains'' )

Sense 2

• afforest, forest -- (establish a forest on previously unforested land; ``afforest the mountains'' )

Sense 1

• vegetation, flora, botany -- (all the plant life in a particular region or period; ``Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China'' )
• browse -- (vegetation (such as young shoots, twigs, and leaves) that is suitable for animals to eat; ``a deer needs to eat twenty pounds of browse every day'' )
• brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket -- (a dense growth of bushes)
• growth -- (vegetation that has grown; ``a growth of trees"; "the only growth was some salt grass'' )
• scrub, chaparral, bush -- (dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes)
• stand -- (a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area; ``they cut down a stand of trees'' )
• forest, wood, woods -- (the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area)
• shrubbery -- (a collection of shrubs growing together)
• garden -- (the flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden)
• brier, brierpatch, brier patch -- (tangled mass of prickly plants)
• groundcover, ground cover -- (low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow)

Sense 2

• land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma -- (the solid part of the earth's surface; ``the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground'' )
  HAS INSTANCE=> America -- (North America and South America and Central America)
• archipelago -- (a group of many islands in a large body of water)
• beachfront -- (a strip of land running along a beach)
• cape, ness -- (a strip of land projecting into a body of water)
• coastal plain -- (a plain adjacent to a coast)
• floor -- (the ground on which people and animals move about; ``the fire spared the forest floor'' )
• foreland -- (land forming the forward margin of something)
• forest, woodland, timberland, timber -- (land that is covered with trees and shrubs)
• island -- (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
• isthmus -- (a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas)
• landmass, land mass -- (a large continuous extent of land)
• mainland -- (the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula)
• neck -- (a narrow elongated projecting strip of land)
• oxbow -- (the land inside an oxbow bend in a river)
• peninsula -- (a large mass of land projecting into a body of water)
• plain, field, champaign -- (extensive tract of level open land; ``they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth'' )
• slash -- (an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind))
• wonderland -- (a place or scene of great or strange beauty or wonder)
• biome -- (a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate)
• desert -- (arid land with little or no vegetation)
• grassland -- (land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life)
• forest, woodland, timberland, timber -- (land that is covered with trees and shrubs)

Sense 1

• re-afforest -- (reestablish a forest after clear-cutting or fire, etc.; ``re-afforest the area that was burned during the fighting'' )
• reforest -- (forest anew; ``After the fire, they reforested the mountain'' )

Sense 1

• plant, set -- (put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground; ``Let's plant flowers in the garden'' )

Sense 1

• forest, woodland, timberland, timber -- (land that is covered with trees and shrubs) RELATED TO->(noun) forest#1
• forest, wood, woods -- (the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area) RELATED TO->(noun) forestry#1
• forestry -- (the science of planting and caring for forests and the management of growing timber)

Sense 1

Sense 1

• plant, set -- (put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground; ``Let's plant flowers in the garden'' )
• root -- (plant by the roots)
• puddle -- (dip into mud before planting; ``puddle young plants'' )
• checkrow -- (plant in checkrows)
• bed -- (place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil)
• dibble -- (plant with a wooden hand tool; ``dibble Spring bulbs'' )
• afforest, forest -- (establish a forest on previously unforested land; ``afforest the mountains'' )
• replant -- (plant again or anew; ``They replanted the land"; "He replanted the seedlings'' )
• tree -- (plant with trees; ``this lot should be treed so that the house will be shaded in summer'' )

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