Definition of Forest

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Forest

An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with trees; in the United States, a wood of native growth, or a tract of woodland which has never been cultivated.

A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of its own.

Of or pertaining to a forest; sylvan.

To cover with trees or wood.

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Forest Quotations

If you tell a joke in the forest, but nobody laughs, was it a joke?
Steven Wright

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest.
Lao Tzu

The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
John Muir

But I'll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you'll come to understand that you're connected with everything.
Alan Watts

Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing.
Chanakya

As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.
Chanakya

Your soul is a dark forest. But the trees are of a particular species, they are genealogical trees.
Marcel Proust

Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire - you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away.
Denis Waitley

The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human.
Victor Hugo

Forest Translations

forest in Afrikaans is bos
forest in Danish is skov
forest in Dutch is woud, bos
forest in German is Wald, Wald, Forst
forest in Italian is selva, bosco
forest in Latin is silva
forest in Norwegian is skog, skog
forest in Portuguese is floresta
forest in Spanish is bosque
forest in Swedish is skog

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