noun
- A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms.
- A figure that branches from a single root.
- usage: "genealogical tree"
- synonyms: tree diagram
- English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917.
- synonyms: Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
verb
- Force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape.
- synonyms: corner
- Plant with trees.
- usage: "this lot should be treed so that the house will be shaded in summer"
- Chase an animal up a tree.
- usage: "the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it"; "her dog likes to tree squirrels"
- Stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree.
- synonyms: shoetree
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