tree
noun
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a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown
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a figure that branches from a single root“genealogical tree”tree diagram
verb
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stretch (a shoe) on a shoetreeshoetree
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chase an animal up a tree“the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it”
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plant with trees“this lot should be treed so that the house will be shaded in summer”
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force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escapecorner