English words for 'The quality of being forest.'
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noun
- A forest or wood; woodland generally.
- (British, dialectal) Land with mostly undergrowth and few trees; also, land in between forests or woods; pastureland which is not in use.
- A hedge, especially one made from brushwood which has been wattled; also, a movable frame made from wattled branches, a hurdle.
- Brushwood or undergrowth, sometimes in the form of a hedge.
noun
- A forest of such trees.
- The mangle attached to wringer washing machines, often called the wringer.
- Preceded by a descriptive word: any of various shrubs or trees of genera other than Rhizophora which resemble plants of this genus in appearance and habitat.
- Any of various trees of the genus Rhizophora, especially the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle).
- A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.
- clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers
verb
- (transitive, computing) To modify (an identifier from source code) so as to produce a unique identifier for internal use by the compiler, etc.
- (transitive) To change, mutilate, or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging, etc.
- alter so as to make unrecognizable
- injure badly by beating
- press with a mangle
- damage or injure severely
noun
- A grove of trees; a forest.
- (countable, slang) An erection of the penis.
- (countable, uncountable) The season of the year in temperate regions in which temperatures and daylight hours rise, and plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.
- (nautical) A line from a vessel's end or side to its anchor cable used to diminish or control its movement.
- (figurative) A race, a lineage.
- A shoot, a young tree.
- (figurative) A youth.
- Elastic energy, power, or force.
- (countable, fashion) Someone with ivory or peach skin tone and eyes and hair that are not extremely dark, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
- (meteorology) The three months of March, April, and May in the Northern Hemisphere and September, October, and November in the Southern Hemisphere.
- (countable) The source from which an action or supply of something springs.
- (astronomy) The period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars.
- Elasticity: the property of a body springing back to its original form after compression, stretching, etc.
- An elastic mechanical part or device in any shape (e.g., flat, curved, coiled), made of flexible material (usually spring steel) that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched.
- (uncountable, figurative) The time of something's growth; the early stages of some process.
- (figurative, politics) a period of political liberalization and democratization
- (oceanography) Ellipsis of spring tide, the especially high tide shortly after full and new moons.
- A cause, a motive, etc.
- (nautical) A line laid out from a vessel's end to the opposite end of an adjacent vessel or mooring to diminish or control its movement.
- (countable) An act of springing: a leap, a jump.
- (geology) A spray or body of water springing from the ground.
- a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed
- a point at which water issues forth
- a natural flow of ground water
- the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- the season of growth; spring; the beginning of spring
verb
- To come upon and flush out.
- (figurative) To arise, to come into existence.
- (ambitransitive, nautical, usually perfective) To crack.
- (transitive) To cause to spring (all senses).
- (transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of strain.
- (sometimes figurative) To enliven.
- (transitive, slang, US) To free from imprisonment, especially by facilitating an illegal escape.
- (intransitive) To move or burst forth.
- (intransitive) To spend the springtime somewhere.
- (UK dialectal) To mature.
- To grow, to sprout.
- (transitive) To leap over.
- (of mechanisms) To cause to work or open by sudden application of pressure.
- (of animals) To find or get enough food during springtime.
- (transitive, nautical) To turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.
- (intransitive, slang, rare) To be free of imprisonment, especially by illegal escape.
- (transitive) To pay or spend a certain sum, to yield.
- (ambitransitive) To deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally deform in order to position and then straighten in place.
- (Australia, slang) To catch in an illegal act or compromising position.
- To appear.
- (intransitive, UK, dialectal, chiefly of cows) To swell with milk or pregnancy.
- (intransitive, now usually with "apart" or "open") To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.
- (transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of sprain.
- To tell, to share.
- (transitive, rare) To equip with springs, especially (of vehicles) to equip with a suspension.
- (transitive, architecture, of arches) To build, to form the initial curve of.
- (figurative, usually with cardinal adverbs) To move with great speed and energy.
- (intransitive, architecture, of arches, with "from") To extend, to curve.
- (usually with from) To be born, descend, or originate from
- develop into a distinctive entity
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- develop suddenly
- produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly
- spring back; spring away from an impact
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adj
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noun
- the science of planting and caring for forests and the management of growing timber
- (countable) A forest-covered area.
- (uncountable) The art and practice of planting and growing trees in forests.
- (uncountable) The science of planting and growing trees in forests.
- (countable) A tree farm.
- (uncountable) The art and practice of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes.
- (uncountable) Commercial tree farming.
noun
- (uncountable) Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
- Material for any structure.
- (outside Canada, US, uncountable) Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.
- (countable) A heavy wooden beam, generally a whole log that has been squared off and used to provide heavy support for something such as a roof.
- (cricket, slang) The stumps.
- (firearms, informal) The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun.
- a beam made of wood
- (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
- a post made of wood
- the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
- land that is covered with trees and shrubs
intj
verb
noun
verb
name
noun
- A forest of such shrubs or trees.
- Any of various tropical and subtropical evergreen shrubs or trees chiefly of the Rhizophoraceae family that have aerial roots and grow in clumps in brackish intertidal coastal areas; (specifically) any of various trees of the genus Rhizophora, especially the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle).
- (ecology, also attributive) Synonym of mangal (“a tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves (sense 1) or similar shrubs and trees”).
- Preceded by a descriptive word: any of various shrubs or trees of genera other than Rhizophora which resemble plants of this genus in appearance and habitat.
- a tropical tree or shrub bearing fruit that germinates while still on the tree and having numerous prop roots that eventually form an impenetrable mass and are important in land building
noun
- A forest or wood; woodland generally.
- (British, dialectal) Land with mostly undergrowth and few trees; also, land in between forests or woods; pastureland which is not in use.
- A hedge, especially one made from brushwood which has been wattled; also, a movable frame made from wattled branches, a hurdle.
- Brushwood or undergrowth, sometimes in the form of a hedge.
noun
- A forest of such trees.
- The mangle attached to wringer washing machines, often called the wringer.
- Preceded by a descriptive word: any of various shrubs or trees of genera other than Rhizophora which resemble plants of this genus in appearance and habitat.
- Any of various trees of the genus Rhizophora, especially the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle).
- A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.
- clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers
verb
- (transitive, computing) To modify (an identifier from source code) so as to produce a unique identifier for internal use by the compiler, etc.
- (transitive) To change, mutilate, or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging, etc.
- alter so as to make unrecognizable
- injure badly by beating
- press with a mangle
- damage or injure severely
noun
- A grove of trees; a forest.
- (countable, slang) An erection of the penis.
- (countable, uncountable) The season of the year in temperate regions in which temperatures and daylight hours rise, and plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.
- (nautical) A line from a vessel's end or side to its anchor cable used to diminish or control its movement.
- (figurative) A race, a lineage.
- A shoot, a young tree.
- (figurative) A youth.
- Elastic energy, power, or force.
- (countable, fashion) Someone with ivory or peach skin tone and eyes and hair that are not extremely dark, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
- (meteorology) The three months of March, April, and May in the Northern Hemisphere and September, October, and November in the Southern Hemisphere.
- (countable) The source from which an action or supply of something springs.
- (astronomy) The period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars.
- Elasticity: the property of a body springing back to its original form after compression, stretching, etc.
- An elastic mechanical part or device in any shape (e.g., flat, curved, coiled), made of flexible material (usually spring steel) that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched.
- (uncountable, figurative) The time of something's growth; the early stages of some process.
- (figurative, politics) a period of political liberalization and democratization
- (oceanography) Ellipsis of spring tide, the especially high tide shortly after full and new moons.
- A cause, a motive, etc.
- (nautical) A line laid out from a vessel's end to the opposite end of an adjacent vessel or mooring to diminish or control its movement.
- (countable) An act of springing: a leap, a jump.
- (geology) A spray or body of water springing from the ground.
- a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed
- a point at which water issues forth
- a natural flow of ground water
- the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- the season of growth; spring; the beginning of spring
verb
- To come upon and flush out.
- (figurative) To arise, to come into existence.
- (ambitransitive, nautical, usually perfective) To crack.
- (transitive) To cause to spring (all senses).
- (transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of strain.
- (sometimes figurative) To enliven.
- (transitive, slang, US) To free from imprisonment, especially by facilitating an illegal escape.
- (intransitive) To move or burst forth.
- (intransitive) To spend the springtime somewhere.
- (UK dialectal) To mature.
- To grow, to sprout.
- (transitive) To leap over.
- (of mechanisms) To cause to work or open by sudden application of pressure.
- (of animals) To find or get enough food during springtime.
- (transitive, nautical) To turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.
- (intransitive, slang, rare) To be free of imprisonment, especially by illegal escape.
- (transitive) To pay or spend a certain sum, to yield.
- (ambitransitive) To deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally deform in order to position and then straighten in place.
- (Australia, slang) To catch in an illegal act or compromising position.
- To appear.
- (intransitive, UK, dialectal, chiefly of cows) To swell with milk or pregnancy.
- (intransitive, now usually with "apart" or "open") To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.
- (transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of sprain.
- To tell, to share.
- (transitive, rare) To equip with springs, especially (of vehicles) to equip with a suspension.
- (transitive, architecture, of arches) To build, to form the initial curve of.
- (figurative, usually with cardinal adverbs) To move with great speed and energy.
- (intransitive, architecture, of arches, with "from") To extend, to curve.
- (usually with from) To be born, descend, or originate from
- develop into a distinctive entity
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- develop suddenly
- produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly
- spring back; spring away from an impact
noun
- the science of planting and caring for forests and the management of growing timber
- (countable) A forest-covered area.
- (uncountable) The art and practice of planting and growing trees in forests.
- (uncountable) The science of planting and growing trees in forests.
- (countable) A tree farm.
- (uncountable) The art and practice of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes.
- (uncountable) Commercial tree farming.
noun
- (uncountable) Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
- Material for any structure.
- (outside Canada, US, uncountable) Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.
- (countable) A heavy wooden beam, generally a whole log that has been squared off and used to provide heavy support for something such as a roof.
- (cricket, slang) The stumps.
- (firearms, informal) The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun.
- a beam made of wood
- (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
- a post made of wood
- the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
- land that is covered with trees and shrubs
intj
verb
noun
verb
noun
- A forest of such shrubs or trees.
- Any of various tropical and subtropical evergreen shrubs or trees chiefly of the Rhizophoraceae family that have aerial roots and grow in clumps in brackish intertidal coastal areas; (specifically) any of various trees of the genus Rhizophora, especially the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle).
- (ecology, also attributive) Synonym of mangal (“a tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves (sense 1) or similar shrubs and trees”).
- Preceded by a descriptive word: any of various shrubs or trees of genera other than Rhizophora which resemble plants of this genus in appearance and habitat.
- a tropical tree or shrub bearing fruit that germinates while still on the tree and having numerous prop roots that eventually form an impenetrable mass and are important in land building