Definition of: forest

(fôr′ist, for′-) noun
1. A large tract of land covered with a natural growth of trees and underbrush. ♦ Collateral adjective: sylvan.
2. In English law, wild land generally belonging to the crown and kept for the protection of game.
—adjective Of, pertaining to, or inhabiting woods or forest.
—v.t. To overspread or plant with trees; make a forest of. [<OF <Med. L (silva) foresta an unenclosed (wood) <foris outside]