| tree (triː) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | any large woody perennial plant with a distinct trunk giving rise to branches or leaves at some distance from the groundRelated: arboreal |
| 2. | 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. | family tree shoetree See saddletree |
| 5. | chem a treelike crystal growth; dendrite |
| 6. | 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. | archaic the cross on which Christ was crucified |
| 9. | at the top of the tree in the highest position of a profession, etc |
| 10. | informal (US), (Canadian) up a tree in a difficult situation; trapped or stumped |
| —vb , trees, treeing, treed | |
| 11. | to drive or force up a tree |
| 12. | to shape or stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree |
| Related: arboreal | |
| [Old English trēo; related to Old Frisian, Old Norse trē, Old Saxon trio, Gothic triu, Greek doru wood, drus tree] | |
| 'treeless | |
| —adj | |
| 'treelessness | |
| —n | |
| 'treelike | |
| —adj | |
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |