Definitions for tree

Overview of noun tree

The noun tree has 3 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (107) tree

(a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

2. tree, tree diagram

(a figure that branches from a single root; "genealogical tree")

3. Tree, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree

(English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917))

Overview of verb tree

The verb tree has 4 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. corner, tree

(force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape)

2. tree

(plant with trees; "this lot should be treed so that the house will be shaded in summer")

3. tree

(chase an animal up a tree; "the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it"; "her dog likes to tree squirrels")

4. tree, shoetree

(stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree)