forest
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
How often you will meet it
Rank 981 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 18,641 times across 155,168 chapters — 0.009% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area also: wood, woods
- land that is covered with trees and shrubs also: woodland, timberland, timber
verb
- establish a forest on previously unforested land also: afforest afforest the mountains
forest in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Already the forest crowded the narrow, curving road.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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The Beasts of the Forest of Gugu 12.
The Magic of Oz · L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum · Chapter 1
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Howl! howl! and from the forest Sweep the red leaves away!
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1
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Save for a small, stump-dotted clearing, and the road that led from it, all else was forest.
The Riverman · Stewart Edward White · Chapter 1
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Against the prevailing twilight of the surrounding forest it descended like a halo, and where it struck the ground John Cardigan paused.
The Valley of the Giants · Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne · Chapter 1