'Forest' definitions:

Definition of 'forest'

From: WordNet
noun
The trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area [syn: forest, wood, woods]
noun
Land that is covered with trees and shrubs [syn: forest, woodland, timberland, timber]
verb
Establish a forest on previously unforested land; "afforest the mountains" [syn: afforest, forest]

Definition of 'Forest'

From: GCIDE
  • Forest \For"est\, a. Of or pertaining to a forest; sylvan. [1913 Webster]
  • Forest fly. (Zool.) (a) One of numerous species of blood-sucking flies, of the family Tabanid[ae], 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. --Thomson.
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Forest'

From: GCIDE
  • Forest \For"est\, v. t. To cover with trees or wood. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Forest'

From: GCIDE
  • Forest \For"est\, n. [OF. forest, F. for[^e]t, LL. forestis, also, forestus, forestum, foresta, prop., open ground reserved for the chase, fr. L. foris, foras, out of doors, abroad. See Foreign.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (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. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Forest'

From: Easton
  • Forest Heb. ya'ar, meaning a dense wood, from its luxuriance. Thus all the great primeval forests of Syria (Eccl. 2:6; Isa. 44:14; Jer. 5:6; Micah 5:8). The most extensive was the trans-Jordanic forest of Ephraim (2 Sam. 18:6, 8; Josh. 17:15, 18), which is probably the same as the wood of Ephratah (Ps. 132:6), some part of the great forest of Gilead. It was in this forest that Absalom was slain by Joab. David withdrew to the forest of Hareth in the mountains of Judah to avoid the fury of Saul (1 Sam. 22:5). We read also of the forest of Bethel (2 Kings 2:23, 24), and of that which the Israelites passed in their pursuit of the Philistines (1 Sam. 14:25), and of the forest of the cedars of Lebanon (1 Kings 4:33; 2 Kings 19:23; Hos. 14:5, 6).
  • "The house of the forest of Lebanon (1 Kings 7:2; 10:17; 2 Chr. 9:16) was probably Solomon's armoury, and was so called because the wood of its many pillars came from Lebanon, and they had the appearance of a forest. (See BAALBEC.)
  • Heb. horesh, denoting a thicket of trees, underwood, jungle, bushes, or trees entangled, and therefore affording a safe hiding-place. place. This word is rendered "forest" only in 2 Chr. 27:4. It is also rendered "wood", the "wood" in the "wilderness of Ziph," in which david concealed himself (1 Sam. 23:15), which lay south-east of Hebron. In Isa. 17:19 this word is in Authorized Version rendered incorrectly "bough."
  • Heb. pardes, meaning an enclosed garden or plantation. Asaph is (Neh. 2:8) called the "keeper of the king's forest." The same Hebrew word is used Eccl. 2:5, where it is rendered in the plural "orchards" (R.V., "parks"), and Cant. 4: 13, rendered "orchard" (R.V. marg., "a paradise").
  • "The forest of the vintage" (Zech. 11:2, "inaccessible forest," or R.V. "strong forest") is probably a figurative allusion to Jerusalem, or the verse may simply point to the devastation of the region referred to.
  • The forest is an image of unfruitfulness as contrasted with a cultivated field (Isa. 29:17; 32:15; Jer. 26:18; Hos. 2:12). Isaiah (10:19, 33, 34) likens the Assyrian host under Sennacherib (q.v.) to the trees of some huge forest, to be suddenly cut down by an unseen stroke.

Synonyms of 'forest'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Forest, LA -- U.S. village in Louisiana

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Forest, LA -- U.S. village in Louisiana
Population (2000) :
275
Housing Units (2000) :
108
Land area (2000) :
1.662025 sq. miles (4.304624 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1.662025 sq. miles (4.304624 sq. km)
FIPS code :
26350
Located within :
Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22
Location :
32.791594 N, 91.411978 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Forest, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Forest, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
Population (2000) :
1488
Housing Units (2000) :
644
Land area (2000) :
1.187175 sq. miles (3.074768 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1.187175 sq. miles (3.074768 sq. km)
FIPS code :
27636
Located within :
Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location :
40.800818 N, 83.512403 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Forest, VA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Virginia

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Forest, VA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Virginia
Population (2000) :
8006
Housing Units (2000) :
3294
Land area (2000) :
14.613938 sq. miles (37.849924 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.085611 sq. miles (0.221732 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
14.699549 sq. miles (38.071656 sq. km)
FIPS code :
28688
Located within :
Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
Location :
37.370723 N, 79.266801 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
24551
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Forest, MS -- U.S. city in Mississippi

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Forest, MS -- U.S. city in Mississippi
Population (2000) :
5987
Housing Units (2000) :
2257
Land area (2000) :
13.014636 sq. miles (33.707750 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.020073 sq. miles (0.051990 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
13.034709 sq. miles (33.759740 sq. km)
FIPS code :
25340
Located within :
Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
Location :
32.363627 N, 89.475348 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
39074
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Forest -- U.S. County in Pennsylvania

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Forest -- U.S. County in Pennsylvania
Population (2000) :
4946
Housing Units (2000) :
8701
Land area (2000) :
428.116792 sq. miles (1108.817354 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
3.278574 sq. miles (8.491468 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
431.395366 sq. miles (1117.308822 sq. km)
Located within :
Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location :
41.512821 N, 79.251941 W

Forest -- U.S. County in Wisconsin

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Forest -- U.S. County in Wisconsin
Population (2000) :
10024
Housing Units (2000) :
8322
Land area (2000) :
1014.053317 sq. miles (2626.385922 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
32.342832 sq. miles (83.767546 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1046.396149 sq. miles (2710.153468 sq. km)
Located within :
Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
Location :
45.604373 N, 88.770485 W

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