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noun
1.
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually 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 or a crosstree.
4.
EXPANDMathematics, Linguistics. tree diagram.
6.
a pole, post, beam, bar, handle, or the like, as one forming part of some structure.
8.
a saddletree.
9.
a treelike group of crystals, as one forming in an electrolytic cell.
10.
a gallows or gibbet.
11.
the cross on which Christ was crucified.
12.
COLLAPSEComputers. a data structure organized like a tree whose nodes store data elements and whose branches represent pointers to other nodes in the tree.
verb (used with object)
14.
to drive into or up a tree, as a pursued animal or person.
15.
Informal. to put into a difficult position.
16.
to stretch or shape on a tree, as a boot.
17.
to furnish (a structure) with a tree.
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Trees
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
18.
up a tree, Informal. in a difficult or embarrassing situation; at a loss; stumped.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English trēo(w); cognate with Old Frisian, Old Norse trē, Old Saxon treo, Gothic triu; akin to Greek drŷs oak, Sanskrit, Avestan dru wood
before 900; Middle English; Old English trēo(w); cognate with Old Frisian, Old Norse trē, Old Saxon treo, Gothic triu; akin to Greek drŷs oak, Sanskrit, Avestan dru wood
Related forms
tree·like, adjective
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Word Origin & History
tree
O.E. treo, treow "tree" (also "wood"), from P.Gmc. *trewan (cf. O.Fris. tre, O.S. trio, O.N. tre, Goth. triu), from PIE *deru-/*doru- "oak" (cf. Skt. dru "tree, wood," daru "wood, log;" Gk. drys "oak," doru "spear;" O.C.S. drievo "tree, wood;" Serb. drvo "tree," drva "wood;" Rus. drevo "tree, wood;"
EXPAND Czech drva; Pol. drwa "wood;" Lith. derva "pine wood;" O.Ir. daur, Welsh derwen "oak," Albanian drusk "oak"). Importance of the oak in mythology is reflected in the recurring use of words for "oak" to mean "tree." In O.E. and M.E., also "thing made of wood," especially the cross of the Crucifixion and a gallows (cf. Tyburn tree, gallows mentioned 12c. at Tyburn, at junction of Oxford Street and Edgware Road, place of public execution for Middlesex until 1783). Sense in family tree first attested 1706; verb meaning "to chase up a tree" is from 1700. Tree-hugger, contemptuous for "environmentalist" is attested by 1989.
COLLAPSE
"Minc'd Pyes do not grow upon every tree,
But search the Ovens for them, and there they be."
["Poor Robin," Almanack, 1669]
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Science Dictionary
tree  (trē) Pronunciation Key
Any of a wide variety of perennial plants typically having a single woody stem, and usually branches and leaves. Many species of both gymnosperms (notably the conifers) and angiosperms grow in the form of trees. The ancient forests of the Devonian, Mississippian, and Pennsylvanian periods of the Paleozoic Era were dominated by trees belonging to groups of seedless plants such as the lycophytes. The strength and height of trees are made possible by the supportive conductive tissue known as vascular tissue. |
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Slang Dictionary
tree definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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