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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tree /tri/USA pronunciation n., v., treed, tree•ing. n. [countable] - Botanya plant having a permanently woody trunk and branches.
- Plant Biologya shrub or plant, as the banana, that resembles a tree in form and size.
- family tree.
- Christmas tree.
v. [~ + object] - to drive (something pursued) into or up a tree:The dogs treed the fox.
Idioms- Idioms up a tree, in a difficult situation:Now we're up a tree; how can we get out of this mess?
tree•less, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tree (trē),USA pronunciation n., v., treed, tree•ing. n. - a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- any of various shrubs, bushes, and plants, as the banana, resembling a tree in form and size.
- something resembling a tree in shape, as a clothes tree or a crosstree.
- [Math., Ling.]See tree diagram.
- See family tree.
- a pole, post, beam, bar, handle, or the like, as one forming part of some structure.
- a shoetree or boot tree.
- a saddletree.
- a treelike group of crystals, as one forming in an electrolytic cell.
- a gallows or gibbet.
- the cross on which Christ was crucified.
- Computinga data structure organized like a tree whose nodes store data elements and whose branches represent pointers to other nodes in the tree.
- See Christmas tree.
- up a tree, [Informal.]in a difficult or embarrassing situation;
at a loss; stumped. v.t. - to drive into or up a tree, as a pursued animal or person.
- [Informal.]to put into a difficult position.
- to stretch or shape on a tree, as a boot.
- to furnish (a structure) with a tree.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English trēo(w); cognate with Old Frisian, Old Norse trē, Old Saxon treo, Gothic triu; akin to Greek drŷs oak, Sanskrit, Avestan dru wood
tree ′like′, adj. Tree (trē),USA pronunciation n. Sir Herbert Beer•bohm (bēr′bōm),USA pronunciation (Herbert Beerbohm), 1853–1917, English actor and theater manager; brother of Max Beerbohm.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tree /triː/ n - any large woody perennial plant with a distinct trunk giving rise to branches or leaves at some distance from the ground
Related adjective(s): arboreal - any plant that resembles this but has a trunk not made of wood, such as a palm tree
- a wooden post, bar, etc
- See family tree, shoetree, saddletree
- a treelike crystal growth; dendrite
- a branching diagrammatic representation of something, such as the grammatical structure of a sentence
- (as modifier): a tree diagram
- at the top of the tree ⇒ in the highest position of a profession, etc
- up a tree ⇒ US Canadian informal in a difficult situation; trapped or stumped
vb (trees, treeing, treed)(transitive)- to drive or force up a tree
- to shape or stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree
Etymology: Old English trēo; related to Old Frisian, Old Norse trē, Old Saxon trio, Gothic triu, Greek doru wood, drus treeˈtreeless adj ˈtreelessness n ˈtreeˌlike adj |