| VERB | contact | afforest, forest | establish a forest / forest on previously unforested land |
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| Meaning | Establish a forest / forest on previously unforested land. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "afforest the mountains" | |
| Synonym | forest | |
| Narrower | re-afforest | reestablish a forest / forest after clear-cutting or fire, etc. |
| reforest | forest anew | |
| Broader | plant, set | put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground |
| Spanish | arbolar, arborizar | |
| Catalan | arborar, repoblar | |
| Nouns | afforestation | the conversion of bare / bare or cultivated land into forest (originally / originally for the purpose of hunting) |
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