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tree

/tɹiː/ noun

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In Latin: arbor Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about tree at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms.
  2. A figure that branches from a single root.
    genealogical tree
  3. English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917).

verb

  1. Force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape.
  2. Plant with trees.
    this lot should be treed so that the house will be shaded in summer
  3. Chase an animal up a tree.
    the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it

Origin

From Middle English trau, tre, tree, treo, treou, trew, trewe, troe, trouȝh, trouȝgh, trow, trowe, from Old English trēo, trēow, trēu, trīo, trīow, trȳw (“tree; wood; forest; beam, cudgel, log; cross”), from Proto-West Germanic *treu, from Proto-Germanic *trewą (“tree”), from pre-Germanic *dréwom, thematic e-grade derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”). Related to tar, true.

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