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forested

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: F AO1 R AH0 S T AH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Covered in forest.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of forest

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

covered with forest

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • efforts to protect forested lands of the northwest

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English forest Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English forested From forest + -ed.

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: boscós — covered in forest
  • Chinese Mandarin: 森林茂密的 (sēnlín màomì de) — covered in forest
  • Danish: skovklædt — covered in forest
  • Dutch: bebost — covered in forest
  • Finnish: metsän peittämä — covered in forest
  • French: forestier — covered in forest
  • French: sylvestre — covered in forest
  • German: bewaldet — covered in forest
  • Greek: δασώδης (dasódis) — covered in forest
  • Hungarian: erdős — covered in forest
  • Hungarian: erdővel borított — covered in forest
  • Irish: foraoisithe — covered in forest
  • Irish: foraoiseach — covered in forest
  • Latin: silvōsus — covered in forest
  • Latin: arbustus — covered in forest
  • Latvian: mežains — covered in forest
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skogkledd — covered in forest
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skogdekt — covered in forest
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skogkledd — covered in forest
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skogdekt — covered in forest
  • Polish: lesisty — covered in forest
  • Polish: zalesiony — covered in forest
  • Portuguese: florestado — covered in forest
  • Portuguese: arborizado — covered in forest
  • Russian: леси́стый (lesístyj) — covered in forest
  • Spanish: boscoso — covered in forest
  • Spanish: selvático — covered in forest
  • Spanish: arbolado — covered in forest
  • Spanish: arborizado — covered in forest
  • Spanish: nemoroso — covered in forest
  • Welsh: coediog — covered in forest
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