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Meaning of 'tree' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tree [ n.]
- Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk.
- Something constructed in the form of, or considered as resembling, a tree, consisting of a stem, or stock, and branches; as, a genealogical tree.
- A piece of timber, or something commonly made of timber; -- used in composition, as in axletree, boottree, chesstree, crosstree, whiffletree, and the like.
- A cross or gallows; as Tyburn tree.
- Wood; timber.
- A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution. See Lead tree, under Lead.
2 . Tree [ v. t.]
- To drive to a tree; to cause to ascend a tree; as, a dog trees a squirrel.
- To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree; as, to tree a boot. See Tree, n., 3.

Meaning of 'tree' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . tree [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a figure that branches from a single root
Example in sentence:
  • genealogical tree
2 . tree [ v]
Meaning (2):
- chase an animal up a tree
Example in sentence:
  • her dog likes to tree squirrels;
  • the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it
Meaning (3):
- plant with trees
Example in sentence:
  • this lot should be treed so that the house will be shaded in summer

Nearby Words:

treacher treacherous treachery treachetour treachour treacle treacly tread tread-softly treadboard

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