Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.

  2. (countable, uncountable)Any dense collection or amount.

    a forest of criticism

    Wald, Forst, Gehölz

    лесles, лесles

    лісlis

  3. (countable, historical, uncountable)A defined area of land set aside in England as royal hunting ground or for other privileged use; all such areas.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A graph with no cycles; i.e., a graph made up of trees.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A group of domains that are managed as a unit.

  6. (uncountable)The color forest green.

More definitions
  • the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
  • land that is covered with trees and shrubs

Examples

1379 sentences
  1. I got lost in the forest.

    Я заблукав у лісі.

    ruЯ заблудился в лесу.

    deIch habe mich im Wald verlaufen.

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  2. He lives in the forest alone.

    Він живе сам у лісі.

    ruОн живет в лесу один.

    deEr lebt allein im Wald.

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  3. Wild animals live in the forest.

    Дикі тварини жувуть в лісах.

    ruВ лесу живут дикие животные.

    deIm Wald leben wilde Tiere.

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  4. Tom got lost in the forest.

    Том заблукав у лісі.

    ruТом заблудился в лесу.

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  5. I lost my way in the forest.

    Я заблукав у лісі.

    ruЯ заблудился в лесу.

    deIch habe mich im Wald verirrt.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
dense collection of trees:
Русский
By meaning 1
dense collection of trees:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
dense collection of trees:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English forest, from Old French forest, from Early Medieval Latin fo

Inherited from Middle English forest, from Old French forest, from Early Medieval Latin forestis. The Latin could be:

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Forms

plural: forests
Singularforest
Pluralforests

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

93 related words

Collocations

9 patterns
  • in the forest
  • a forest ranger
  • forest ranger
  • into the forest
  • through the forest
  • is a forest
  • in this forest
  • forest fire
  • this forest is

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
forest — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto