deforest

[ dee-fawr-ist, -for- ]

verb (used with object)

1. to divest or clear of forests or trees:

   Poor planning deforested the area in ten years.

deforest

/ diːˈfɒrɪst /

verb

1. tr to clear of trees Alsodisforest

DeForest

/ dĭ-fôr′ĭst /

1. American electrical engineer and inventor who is known as "the father of radio." He patented more than 300 inventions, including the triode electron tube, which made it possible to amplify and detect radio waves.

Derived Forms

• deˈforester, noun
• deˌforesˈtation, noun

Other Words From

• de·forest·ation noun
• de·forest·er noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of deforest¹

First recorded in 1530–40; de- + forest

Example Sentences

Earth Day celebration at DeForest Park in Long Beach, April 21 at the Earth Day Celebration, plant swap and market in Thousand Oaks and May 25 at the Museum of Art and History in Lancaster.

From Los Angeles Times

Earth Day celebration at DeForest Park in Long Beach, April 21 at the Earth Day Celebration, plant swap and market in Thousand Oaks and May 25 at the Museum of Art and History in Lancaster.

From Los Angeles Times

"In the past 10 years, there's been a shift in the world of cell biology," said co-senior author Cole DeForest, a UW associate professor of chemical engineering and of bioengineering.

From Science Daily

DeForest continued: "What I think is pretty exciting here is that we have good mechanical control of our hydrogels -- even when they are made inside human cells. This means we can tune them to essentially function as a synthetic version of whatever sequestering phenomenon we want to study, such as how protein aggregation can lead to Alzheimer's."

From Science Daily

"Irreversibly crosslinked systems are going to be intrinsically more stable, making them better for long-term cell culture and functional tissue engineering," said DeForest, who is also a faculty member with the UW Molecular Engineering and Sciences Institute and the UW Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine.

From Science Daily