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forested Definition

for·ested (fôris təd, fär-)

adjective

covered with a thick growth of trees and underbrush a forested mountainside

forested Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • hillside: I walked down the hill a few hundred yards to where you could see a panoramic view of the forested hillside.
  • foothill: A trip to Italy will do nicely, especially if you head up north to the forested foothills toward the Alps and Switzerland.
  • slope: We arrive at our Base Hotel on the forested slopes of Mt.
  • hill: We also spent a day caving in an area of forested hills just outside the city.
  • valley: Steep mountain cliffs, punctuated with castles, slice into densely forested valleys.
  • plateau: To either side the contorted chasm disappeared into the hazy horizon, a twisting slash in the flat, forested plateau.

Modifying Another Word

  • thickly: They cleared the thickly forested land, built log dwellings, made merry with Highland games at Johnson Hall gatherings with the friendly Mohawks.
  • densely: Steep mountain cliffs, punctuated with castles, slice into densely forested valleys.
  • heavily: At this time southern Indiana was a heavily forested wilderness.
  • well: From the park gates a road runs through lowland evergreen forest before climbing steeply through well forested hills.
  • deeply: The Reserve is formed by sharp and deeply forested mountains, descending to gorges with rushing waterfalls and streams.

Used with adjective complement

become: As the ice age retreated, the area became densely forested.

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