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tree

(trē)

a. A perennial woody plant having a main trunk and usually a distinct crown.

b. A plant or shrub resembling a tree in form or size.

a. Something that resembles a tree in form, especially a diagram or arrangement that has branches showing relationships of hierarchy or lineage.

b. Computers A structure for organizing or classifying data in which every item can be traced to a single origin through a unique path.

a. A wooden beam, post, stake, or bar used as part of a framework or structure.

b. A saddletree.

4. Archaic

a. A gallows.

b. The cross on which Jesus was crucified.

tr.v. treed, tree·ing, trees

1. To force up a tree: Dogs treed the raccoon.

2. Informal To force into a difficult position; corner: the reporters finally treed the mayor.

3. To supply or cover with trees: a hillside that is treed with oaks.

Idiom:

up a tree Informal

In a situation of great difficulty or perplexity; helpless.

[Middle English, from Old English trēow; see deru- in Indo-European roots.]

tree′less adj.

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tree

(triː)

1. (Plants) any large woody perennial plant with a distinct trunk giving rise to branches or leaves at some distance from the ground.

2. (Plants) any plant that resembles this but has a trunk not made of wood, such as a palm tree

3. a wooden post, bar, etc

4. (Genetics) See family tree, shoetree, saddletree

5. (Chemistry) chem a treelike crystal growth; dendrite

a. a branching diagrammatic representation of something, such as the grammatical structure of a sentence

b. (as modifier): a tree diagram.

7. an archaic word for gallows

8. (Theology) archaic the cross on which Christ was crucified

9. at the top of the tree in the highest position of a profession, etc

10. up a tree informal US and Canadian in a difficult situation; trapped or stumped

vb (tr) , trees, treeing or treed

11. (Hunting) to drive or force up a tree

12. (Clothing & Fashion) to shape or stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree

[Old English trēo; related to Old Frisian, Old Norse trē, Old Saxon trio, Gothic triu, Greek doru wood, drus tree]

ˈtreeless adj

ˈtreelessness n

ˈtreeˌlike adj

Tree

(triː)

(Biography) Sir Herbert Beerbohm. 1853–1917, English actor and theatre manager; half-brother of Sir Max Beerbohm. He was noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare

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tree

(tri)

n., v. treed, tree•ing. n.

1. a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usu. developing branches at some distance from the ground.

2. any of various shrubs, bushes, and plants, as the banana, resembling a tree in form and size.

3. something resembling a tree in shape, as a clothes tree.

4. Also called tree′ di`agram. a diagram, as in linguistics or mathematics, in which lines branch out from a central point or stem without forming any closed loops.

5. family tree.

6. a pole, post, beam, bar, handle, or the like, as one forming part of some structure.

7. shoetree.

8. saddletree.

9. a treelike group of crystals, as one forming in an electrolytic cell.

10. a computer data structure organized like a tree whose nodes store data elements and whose branches represent pointers to other nodes in the tree.

11. Christmas tree.

12. a gallows or gibbet.

13. the cross on which Christ was crucified.

v.t.

14. to drive into or up a tree, as one pursued.

15. to put into a difficult position; corner.

16. to stretch or shape on a tree, as a boot.

Idioms:

up a tree, in a difficult or embarrassing situation.

[before 900; Middle English; Old English trēo(w), c. Old Frisian, Old Norse trē, Old Saxon treo tree, Gothic triu stick; akin to Greek drŷs oak, Skt, Avestan dru wood]

tree′less, adj.

Tree

(tri)

n.

Sir Herbert Beerbohm, (Herbert Beerbohm), 1853–1917, English actor and theater manager.

tree

(trē)

A perennial plant typically having a single woody stem, and usually branches and leaves.

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tree

- Part of a large Indo-European group based on deru/doru-, "oak."

tree

Past participle: treed
Gerund: treeing

Imperative
tree
tree

Present
I tree
you tree
he/she/it trees
we tree
you tree
they tree

Preterite
I treed
you treed
he/she/it treed
we treed
you treed
they treed

Present Continuous
I am treeing
you are treeing
he/she/it is treeing
we are treeing
you are treeing
they are treeing

Present Perfect
I have treed
you have treed
he/she/it has treed
we have treed
you have treed
they have treed

Past Continuous
I was treeing
you were treeing
he/she/it was treeing
we were treeing
you were treeing
they were treeing

Past Perfect
I had treed
you had treed
he/she/it had treed
we had treed
you had treed
they had treed

Future
I will tree
you will tree
he/she/it will tree
we will tree
you will tree
they will tree

Future Perfect
I will have treed
you will have treed
he/she/it will have treed
we will have treed
you will have treed
they will have treed

Future Continuous
I will be treeing
you will be treeing
he/she/it will be treeing
we will be treeing
you will be treeing
they will be treeing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been treeing
you have been treeing
he/she/it has been treeing
we have been treeing
you have been treeing
they have been treeing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been treeing
you will have been treeing
he/she/it will have been treeing
we will have been treeing
you will have been treeing
they will have been treeing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been treeing
you had been treeing
he/she/it had been treeing
we had been treeing
you had been treeing
they had been treeing

Conditional
I would tree
you would tree
he/she/it would tree
we would tree
you would tree
they would tree

Past Conditional
I would have treed
you would have treed
he/she/it would have treed
we would have treed
you would have treed
they would have treed

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Noun	1.	tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms forest, woods, wood - the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area yellowwood tree, yellowwood - any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extract Oxandra lanceolata, lancewood, lancewood tree - source of most of the lancewood of commerce negro pepper, Xylopia aethiopica, Guinea pepper - tropical west African evergreen tree bearing pungent aromatic seeds used as a condiment and in folk medicine anise tree - any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus Illicium Drimys winteri, winter's bark tree, winter's bark - South American evergreen tree yielding winter's bark and a light soft wood similar to basswood zebrawood tree, zebrawood - any of various trees or shrubs having mottled or striped wood Brya ebenus, granadilla tree, granadillo - West Indian tree yielding a fine grade of green ebony acacia - any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia Adenanthera pavonina, Barbados pride, coralwood, coral-wood, peacock flower fence, red sandalwood - East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental albizia, albizzia - any of numerous trees of the genus Albizia conacaste, Enterolobium cyclocarpa, elephant's ear - tropical South American tree having a wide-spreading crown of bipinnate leaves and coiled ear-shaped fruits; grown for shade and ornament as well as valuable timber inga - any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers; cultivated as ornamentals ice-cream bean, Inga edulis - ornamental evergreen tree with masses of white flowers; tropical and subtropical America guama, Inga laurina - tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers; used as shade for coffee plantations lead tree, Leucaena glauca, Leucaena leucocephala, white popinac - low scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods Lysiloma bahamensis, Lysiloma latisiliqua, wild tamarind - a tree of the West Indies and Florida and Mexico; resembles tamarind and has long flat pods nitta tree - any of several Old World tropical trees of the genus Parkia having heads of red or yellow flowers followed by pods usually containing edible seeds and pulp camachile, huamachil, manila tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce, wild tamarind - common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum Alstonia scholaris, devil tree, dita, dita bark - evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally conessi, Holarrhena antidysenterica, Holarrhena pubescens, ivory tree, kurchee, kurchi - tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea Meryta sinclairii, puka - small roundheaded New Zealand tree having large resinous leaves and panicles of green-white flowers Pisonia aculeata, cockspur - small spiny West Indian tree screw pine, pandanus - any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leaves Hoheria populnea, houhere, lacebark, ribbonwood - small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage Plagianthus betulinus, Plagianthus regius, ribbon tree, ribbonwood - deciduous New Zealand tree whose inner bark yields a strong fiber that resembles flax and is called New Zealand cotton tulipwood tree - any of various trees yielding variously colored woods similar to true tulipwood Bombax ceiba, Bombax malabarica, red silk-cotton tree, simal - East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok Montezuma - evergreen tree with large leathery leaves and large pink to orange flowers; considered a link plant between families Bombacaceae and Sterculiaceae Pseudobombax ellipticum, shaving-brush tree - tree of Mexico to Guatemala having densely hairy flowers with long narrow petals clustered at ends of branches before leaves appear
	2.	tree - a figure that branches from a single root; "genealogical tree" tree diagram plane figure, two-dimensional figure - a two-dimensional shape cladogram - a tree diagram used to illustrate phylogenetic relationships stemma - a tree diagram showing a reconstruction of the transmission of manuscripts of a literary work
	3.	Tree - English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917) Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Verb	1.	tree - force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape corner channelise, channelize, guide, maneuver, steer, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, head, direct - direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
	2.	tree - plant with trees; "this lot should be treed so that the house will be shaded in summer" plant, set - put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground; "Let's plant flowers in the garden"
	3.	tree - chase an animal up a tree; "the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it"; "her dog likes to tree squirrels" dog, give chase, go after, chase, tail, chase after, trail, track, tag - go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"
	4.	tree - stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree shoetree elongate, stretch - make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the fabric"

tree

noun

Related words
adjectives arboreal, arboreous

Quotations
"The tree is known by its fruit" Bible: St. Matthew
"I think that I shall never see"
"A poem lovely as a tree" [Joyce Kilmer Trees]
"Of all the trees that grow so fair,"
"Old England to adorn,"
"Greater are none beneath the Sun,"
"Than Oak, and Ash, and Thorn" [Rudyard Kipling Puck of Pook's Hill]

Trees

acacia, akee, alder, almond, aloe, apple, apricot, ash, aspen, balsa, banana, banyan, baobab, bay, beech, birch, bonsai, box, brazil, bunya, butternut, cacao, carob, cashew, cassia, cedar, cedar of Lebanon, cherry, chestnut, cinnamon, citrus, coco, coconut, coolabah, cork oak, cypress, date palm, deal, dogwood, Douglas fir, ebony, elder, elm, eucalyptus or eucalypt, fig, fir, grapefruit, ground ash, ground oak, guava, gum, gympie, hawthorn, hazel, hemlock, hickory, holly, hornbeam, horse chestnut, ilex, ironwood, jacaranda, Judas tree, juniper, karri, kauri, laburnum, larch, laurel, lemon, lilac, lime, lind, linden, lotus, macrocarpa, magnolia, mahogany, mango, mangrove, maple, melaleuca, mimosa, monkey puzzle or Chile pine, mountain ash, mulberry, nutmeg, oak, olive, orange, osier, palm, papaya, paperbark, pawpaw or papaw, peach, pear, persimmon, pine, plane, plum, pomegranate, poplar, pussy willow, quince, raffia, redwood, rosewood, rowan, sandalwood, sassafras, Scots fir, Scots pine, sequoia, silver birch, spruce, stringy-bark, sycamore, tamarind, teak, walnut, weeping willow, white ash, whitebeam, willow, witch, witch elm, yew, ylang-ylang, yucca

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Translations

شَجَرَةشَجَرَه

дърво

strom

træ

arbo

puu

drvo

pohon

tré

albero albero genealogico pianta rifugiarsi su alberi

ツリーリスト木

나무

arbor

medismedžio viršūnėkamienasmaksimalus medžio aukštis

koks

arborecopacpom

дерево древо распорка древесный

strom

drevožlica

träd

แผนภาพต้นไม้ต้นไม้

ağaç

дерево

cây

树

tree

[triː]

A. N

1. (Bot) → árbol m
tree of knowledge → árbol m de la ciencia
to be at the top of the tree (Brit) → estar en la cumbre de su carrera profesional
to be out of one's tree (= crazy) → estar como una cabra, estar como una moto; (on drugs, alcohol) → estar colocadísimo, haberse puesto como una moto
to be up a tree (= in a fix) → estar en un aprieto; (= mad) → estar chalado, estar como una cabra or regadera
to be barking up the wrong tree → tomar el rábano por las hojas
we can't see the wood or > the forest for the trees (US) → los árboles no dejan ver el bosque
see also family

2. (for shoes) → horma f

3. [of saddle] → arzón m

B. VT [+ animal] → hacer refugiarse en un árbol

C. CPD tree creeper N → trepatroncos mf inv
tree frog N → rana f de San Antonio, rana f arbórea
tree house N → casita f en un árbol
tree hugger N (esp US) (hum) → fanático/a m/f del medioambiente
tree planting N → plantación f de árboles
tree surgeon N → arboricultor(a) m/f
tree trunk N → tronco m (de árbol)

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tree

[ˈtriː] n → arbre mtree house n → cabane f construite dans un arbre

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tree

→ Baum m; an oak tree → eine Eiche; a cherry tree → ein Kirschbaum m; rose tree → Rosenstämmchen nt; tree of knowledge → Baum m → der Erkenntnis; tree of life → Baum m → des Lebens; money doesn’t/good teachers don’t grow on trees → das Geld fällt/gute Lehrer fallen nicht vom Himmel; to be up a tree (inf) → in der Patsche or Tinte or Klemme sitzen (inf); he’s at the top of the tree (fig inf) → er ist ganz oben (an der Spitze); he’s out of his tree (inf) (= drunk) → er ist total zu (inf); (= crazy) → er tickt nicht richtig (inf)

(= family tree) → Stammbaum m

(= shoe tree) → Spanner m, → Leisten m

(Rel, = cross) → Kreuz nt

vt → auf einen Baum jagen or treiben

tree

in cpds → Baum-;

tree-covered

adj → baumbestanden

tree fern

n → Baumfarn m

tree frog

n → Laub- or Baumfrosch m

tree house

n → Baumhaus nt

tree hugger

n (esp US hum inf) → Umweltapostel m (hum inf), → Umweltfreak m (hum inf)

treeless

adj → baumlos

tree line

n → Baumgrenze f; above/below the tree → oberhalb/unterhalb der Baumgrenze

tree-lined

adj → baumbestanden, von Bäumen gesäumt (geh)

tree ring

n (Bot) → Jahresring m

tree structure

n (Comput) → Baumstruktur f

tree surgeon

n → Baumchirurg(in) m(f)

treetop

n → Baumkrone f, → Wipfel m

tree trunk

n → Baumstamm m

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tree

[triː] n

a. (Bot) → albero (fig) to be at the top of the tree → essere all'apice

b. (also shoetree) → tendiscarpe m inv

tree

(triː) noun

the largest kind of plant, with a thick, firm, wooden stem and branches. We have three apple trees growing in our garden.

ˈtreetop noun

the top of a tree. the birds in the treetops.

ˈtree-trunk noun

the trunk of a tree.

ˈtree line noun

the height above which trees cannot grow.

tree

→ شَجَرَة strom træ Baum δέντρο árbol puu arbre drvo albero 木 나무 boom tre drzewo árvore дерево träd ต้นไม้ ağaç cây 树

tree

1. n. árbol;

2. estructura anatómica semejante a un árbol.

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Out in the woods stood a nice little Fir Tree. The place he had was a very good one: the sun shone on him: as to fresh air, there was enough of that, and round him grew many large-sized comrades, pines as well as firs.

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As ADAM lay a-dreaming beneath the Apple Tree, The Angel of the Earth came down, and offered Earth in fee.

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Huge creepers depended in great loops from tree to tree, dense under-brush overgrew a tangled mass of fallen trunks and branches.

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They were obliged to camp out that night under a large tree in the forest, for there were no houses near.

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"I shall sit down here," she announced, pointing to the trunk of a tree which had fallen long ago and was now laced across and across by creepers and thong-like brambles.

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From her nest in the holm-oak tree the Nightingale heard him, and she looked out through the leaves, and wondered.

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I remember that once, on an uninhabited island of the Gallipagos, a bird alighted on my outstretched arm, while its mate chirped from an adjoining tree. Its tameness, far from shocking me, as a similar occurrence did Selkirk, imparted to me the most exquisite thrill of delight I ever experienced, and with somewhat of the same pleasure did I afterwards behold the birds and lizards of the valley show their confidence in the kindliness of man.

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'You can certainly throw,' said the giant, 'but now we will see if you are able to carry anything properly.' He took the little tailor to a mighty oak tree which lay there felled on the ground, and said: 'If you are strong enough, help me to carry the tree out of the forest.'

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[discovered] his secret, which was this, that no boy so blown out could use a tree wherein an average man need stick.

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My mother recognized me, but she warned me away when I started to climb into the tree. Lop-Ear, who was more cautious by far than I, beat a retreat, nor could I persuade him to return.

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“Well, in this choice,” interrupted Marmaduke, “are you governed by any outward signs that prove the quality of the tree?”

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This tree seemed to bear all the year around, for there were lunch-box blossoms on some of the branches, and on others tiny little lunch-boxes that were as yet quite green, and evidently not fit to eat until they had grown bigger.