Definition of afforest in English:

afforest

verb əˈfɒrɪst

[with object]

1Convert (land) into forest, especially for commercial exploitation.
（尤指为商业开发而）在（土地）上造林
a grant paid to farmers who afforest agricultural land
Example sentencesExamples
- He argued that afforestation and expansion of forests might therefore even increase climate warming.
- These increases apply to those who afforested their lands between 1993 and 1999 and who did not qualify for the significant increases announced last year.
- Environmental monitoring in the catchment assesses fresh water impacts on the survival of juveniles including issues such as afforestation, overgrazing and climate change.
- When farmland is afforested or peatlands drained, the owner gets a certain tax relief.
- They may sequester carbon through ecosystem restoration, reforestation, agro-forestry, and afforestation; or they may develop substitutes for fossil fuels such as bioenergy projects.
- Protecting forests and afforestation will be a permanent solution.
- The provision can be applied to farmers who have afforested some of their land since the beginning of the reference period and those who have disposed of land to a public authority for non agricultural use.
- Production of milk and grain will eventually move to a smaller number of larger producers and the likelihood is that the remainder of the land will be farmed extensively or afforested.
- The province's forest coverage rate is currently 19 per cent and there are 2 million hectares of land left for afforestation.
- The idea is to finance programmes making it possible to afforest non-arable farmland, improve the quality of forests, invest in construction of forest roads, and develop forestry farms.
1. 1.1British historical Bring (woodland) under the jurisdiction of forest law for the purpose of hunting.
  〈英，史〉划（林地）为狩猎林区
  a great part of the county had been afforested by Henry I
  Example sentencesExamples
  Henry disafforested land that King John and Henry II had afforested. The Charter of the Forest in 1217 relaxed Forest Laws - there was no more death and mutilation for Forest offences.
  The kings, in the exercise of their right to establish hunting preserves, afforested not only the royal and the lordless woodlands but also the woods, and the lands lying between them.
  Within afforested areas, Forest Law applied in parallel to Common Law.
  The 'afforested' areas were much more than just royal hunting grounds, however.
  In the 12th century King John afforested the whole of the county of Devon and such was the population's resentment that after a petition it was agreed, in return for a huge sum of money, to disafforest the county "up to the boundary of Dartmoor and Exmoor."

Derivatives

afforestation

noun əfɒrɪˈsteɪʃ(ə)nəfɔrəˈsteɪʃ(ə)n

There is serious erosion in afforested areas also.
Example sentencesExamples
- The province's forest coverage rate is currently 19 per cent and there are 2 million hectares of land left for afforestation.
- The area afforested would be close to 2,000 acres.
- Environmental monitoring in the catchment assesses fresh water impacts on the survival of juveniles including issues such as afforestation, overgrazing and climate change.
- The afforested area can be increased by around 300 000 ha.
- Like their attempts to afforest treeless subalpine meadows, they planted forage species that had never grown in these mountains.
- He argued that afforestation and expansion of forests might therefore even increase climate warming.
- Protecting forests and afforestation will be a permanent solution.
- The vast bulk of afforested areas are marginal for agriculture and the population in these areas had been in decline since Famine times.
- They may sequester carbon through ecosystem restoration, reforestation, agro-forestry, and afforestation; or they may develop substitutes for fossil fuels such as bioenergy projects.

Origin

Early 16th century: from medieval Latin afforestare, from ad- 'to' (expressing change) + foresta 'forest'.

Rhymes

florist, forest, Forrest

Definition of afforest in US English:

afforest

verb

[with object]

Convert (land) into forest, especially for commercial use.
（尤指为商业开发而）在（土地）上造林
Example sentencesExamples
- The provision can be applied to farmers who have afforested some of their land since the beginning of the reference period and those who have disposed of land to a public authority for non agricultural use.
- They may sequester carbon through ecosystem restoration, reforestation, agro-forestry, and afforestation; or they may develop substitutes for fossil fuels such as bioenergy projects.
- Protecting forests and afforestation will be a permanent solution.
- Environmental monitoring in the catchment assesses fresh water impacts on the survival of juveniles including issues such as afforestation, overgrazing and climate change.
- The idea is to finance programmes making it possible to afforest non-arable farmland, improve the quality of forests, invest in construction of forest roads, and develop forestry farms.
- Production of milk and grain will eventually move to a smaller number of larger producers and the likelihood is that the remainder of the land will be farmed extensively or afforested.
- He argued that afforestation and expansion of forests might therefore even increase climate warming.
- When farmland is afforested or peatlands drained, the owner gets a certain tax relief.
- These increases apply to those who afforested their lands between 1993 and 1999 and who did not qualify for the significant increases announced last year.
- The province's forest coverage rate is currently 19 per cent and there are 2 million hectares of land left for afforestation.

Origin

Early 16th century: from medieval Latin afforestare, from ad- ‘to’ (expressing change) + foresta ‘forest’.

单词	afforest
释义	Definition of afforest in English: afforest verb əˈfɒrɪst [with object] 1Convert (land) into forest, especially for commercial exploitation. （尤指为商业开发而）在（土地）上造林 a grant paid to farmers who afforest agricultural land Example sentencesExamples He argued that afforestation and expansion of forests might therefore even increase climate warming. These increases apply to those who afforested their lands between 1993 and 1999 and who did not qualify for the significant increases announced last year. Environmental monitoring in the catchment assesses fresh water impacts on the survival of juveniles including issues such as afforestation, overgrazing and climate change. When farmland is afforested or peatlands drained, the owner gets a certain tax relief. They may sequester carbon through ecosystem restoration, reforestation, agro-forestry, and afforestation; or they may develop substitutes for fossil fuels such as bioenergy projects. Protecting forests and afforestation will be a permanent solution. The provision can be applied to farmers who have afforested some of their land since the beginning of the reference period and those who have disposed of land to a public authority for non agricultural use. Production of milk and grain will eventually move to a smaller number of larger producers and the likelihood is that the remainder of the land will be farmed extensively or afforested. The province's forest coverage rate is currently 19 per cent and there are 2 million hectares of land left for afforestation. The idea is to finance programmes making it possible to afforest non-arable farmland, improve the quality of forests, invest in construction of forest roads, and develop forestry farms. 1.1British historical Bring (woodland) under the jurisdiction of forest law for the purpose of hunting. 〈英，史〉划（林地）为狩猎林区 a great part of the county had been afforested by Henry I Example sentencesExamples Henry disafforested land that King John and Henry II had afforested. The Charter of the Forest in 1217 relaxed Forest Laws - there was no more death and mutilation for Forest offences. The kings, in the exercise of their right to establish hunting preserves, afforested not only the royal and the lordless woodlands but also the woods, and the lands lying between them. Within afforested areas, Forest Law applied in parallel to Common Law. The 'afforested' areas were much more than just royal hunting grounds, however. In the 12th century King John afforested the whole of the county of Devon and such was the population's resentment that after a petition it was agreed, in return for a huge sum of money, to disafforest the county "up to the boundary of Dartmoor and Exmoor." Derivatives afforestation noun əfɒrɪˈsteɪʃ(ə)nəfɔrəˈsteɪʃ(ə)n There is serious erosion in afforested areas also. Example sentencesExamples The province's forest coverage rate is currently 19 per cent and there are 2 million hectares of land left for afforestation. The area afforested would be close to 2,000 acres. Environmental monitoring in the catchment assesses fresh water impacts on the survival of juveniles including issues such as afforestation, overgrazing and climate change. The afforested area can be increased by around 300 000 ha. Like their attempts to afforest treeless subalpine meadows, they planted forage species that had never grown in these mountains. He argued that afforestation and expansion of forests might therefore even increase climate warming. Protecting forests and afforestation will be a permanent solution. The vast bulk of afforested areas are marginal for agriculture and the population in these areas had been in decline since Famine times. They may sequester carbon through ecosystem restoration, reforestation, agro-forestry, and afforestation; or they may develop substitutes for fossil fuels such as bioenergy projects. Origin Early 16th century: from medieval Latin afforestare, from ad- 'to' (expressing change) + foresta 'forest'. Rhymes florist, forest, Forrest Definition of afforest in US English: afforest verb [with object] Convert (land) into forest, especially for commercial use. （尤指为商业开发而）在（土地）上造林 Example sentencesExamples The provision can be applied to farmers who have afforested some of their land since the beginning of the reference period and those who have disposed of land to a public authority for non agricultural use. They may sequester carbon through ecosystem restoration, reforestation, agro-forestry, and afforestation; or they may develop substitutes for fossil fuels such as bioenergy projects. Protecting forests and afforestation will be a permanent solution. Environmental monitoring in the catchment assesses fresh water impacts on the survival of juveniles including issues such as afforestation, overgrazing and climate change. The idea is to finance programmes making it possible to afforest non-arable farmland, improve the quality of forests, invest in construction of forest roads, and develop forestry farms. Production of milk and grain will eventually move to a smaller number of larger producers and the likelihood is that the remainder of the land will be farmed extensively or afforested. He argued that afforestation and expansion of forests might therefore even increase climate warming. When farmland is afforested or peatlands drained, the owner gets a certain tax relief. These increases apply to those who afforested their lands between 1993 and 1999 and who did not qualify for the significant increases announced last year. The province's forest coverage rate is currently 19 per cent and there are 2 million hectares of land left for afforestation. Origin Early 16th century: from medieval Latin afforestare, from ad- ‘to’ (expressing change) + foresta ‘forest’.
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