name, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To clear (an area) of forest. transitive
2. 2
   remove the trees from wordnet
3. 3
   To disafforest (remove legal status as forest). archaic, transitive

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname from French, equivalent to English Forest or Woods, equivalent to the modern French surname Deforet.
2. 2
   Alternative form of DeForest. alt-of, alternative
3. 3
   Alternative form of DeForest. alt-of, alternative
4. 4
   A male given name transferred from the surname, equivalent to English Forest.

Synonyms

All synonyms

disafforestdisforest

Antonyms

All antonyms

afforest

Etymology

Etymology 1

From de- + forest.

Etymology 2

From Middle French de Forest, from de+forest; Literally, “forest”.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.