1. лес pine forest —- сосновый бор oak forest —- дубрава tropical forest —- тропический лес to lose oneself in the forest —- заблудиться в лесу to plant a forest —- сажать лес forest bog —- лесное болото forest range —- лесной участок; лесной массив forest hygienics —- лес. оздоровление леса 2. лес, масса (чего-л. стоящего) a forest of masts —- образ. лес мачт a forest of hands shot up —- поднялся лес рук 3. охотничий заповедник 4. сажать лес ...
n. & v. --n. 1 a (often attrib.) a large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth. b the trees growing in it. c a large number or dense mass of vertical objects (a forest of masts). 2 a district formerly a forest but now cultivated (Sherwood Forest). 3 hist. an area usu. owned by the sovereign and kept for hunting. --v.tr. 1 plant with trees. 2 convert into a forest. Phrases and idioms forest-tree a large tree suitable for a forest. Etymology: ME f. OF f. LL forestis silva wood outside the walls of a park f. L foris outside ...
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I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin ~is (silva) unenclosed (woodland), from Latin foris outside — more at forum Date: 13th century 1. a dense growth of trees and underbrush covering a large tract 2. a tract of wooded land in England formerly owned by the sovereign and used for game 3. something resembling a ~ especially in profusion or lushness a ~ of microphones a kelp ~ • ~al or ~ial adjective • ~ed adjective II. transitive verb Date: circa 1828 to cover with trees or ~ land densely ~ed with firs • ~ation noun ...
(forests) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A forest is a large area where trees grow close together. Parts of the forest are still dense and inaccessible. ...25 million hectares of forest. N-VAR 2. A forest of tall or narrow objects is a group of them standing or sticking upright. (LITERARY) They descended from the plane into a forest of microphones and cameras. N-COUNT: with supp, usu N of n ...
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- 13c., from O.Fr. forest, probably from L.L./M.L. forestem silvam "the outside woods" (perhaps via O.H.G. forst), from foris "outside," with a sense of "beyond the park," the park being the main or central fenced woodland. Another theory traces it through M.L. forestis, originally "forest preserve, game preserve," from L. forum in legal sense "court, judgment;" in other words "land subject to a ban." ...