# forested

Pronunciation: US say "FOR-uhst-id" /ˈfɔɹəstɪd/; UK say "FOR-ist-id" /ˈfɒɹɪstɪd/

## Adjective

1. Of an area of land, covered with forest.
   - Simple: Covered with many trees growing close together over the land.
   - _The deeply forested slopes provided shelter for elk and bears._
   - _Much of the region remained forested until logging began in the 1920s._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of forest. — simple past and past participle of forest
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of forest. Use this form for planting an area with trees that already happened.
   - _The government forested thousands of acres along the river._
   - _The slopes were forested with pine to slow erosion._

## Origin

Formed from "forest" plus the suffix "-ed".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/forested (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).