tree

See also: tree-, Tree, TREE, and tréë

tree - English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /tɹiː/, [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪi̯]
  • (General American) enPR: trē, IPA: /tɹi/, [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷi]
  • Homophone: three (with th-stopping)

Noun

tree (plural trees or (obsolete) treen)

  1. A perennial woody plant, not exactly defined, but differentiated from a shrub by its larger size (typically over a few meters in height) or growth habit, usually having a single (or few) main axis or trunk unbranched for some distance above the ground and a head of branches and foliage.
    • Hyperion is the tallest living tree in the world.
    • Birds have a nest in a tree in the garden.
  2. Any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree (in any botanical sense).
    • the banana tree
  3. An object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hooks or storage platforms.
    • He had the choice of buying a scratching post or a cat tree.
  4. A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open.
    • He put a shoe tree in each of his shoes.
  5. The structural frame of a saddle.
  6. (graph theory) A connected graph with no cycles or, if the graph is finite, equivalently a connected graph with n vertices and n−1 edges.
  7. (computing theory) A recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children.
  8. (graphical user interface) A display or listing of entries or elements such that there are primary and secondary entries shown, usually linked by drawn lines or by indenting to the right.
    • We’ll show it as a tree list.
  9. Any structure or construct having branches representing divergence or possible choices.
  10. The structure or wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle used in horse riding.
  11. (in the plural, slang) Marijuana.
  12. (obsolete) A cross or gallows.
    • Tyburn tree
  13. (chemistry) A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution.
  14. (cartomancy) The fifth Lenormand card.
  15. (uncountable, mathematics) Alternative letter-case form of TREE.

Synonyms

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Hypernyms

Hyponyms

Of the sense “a perennial plant”
  • See also en:Trees
Computing, graph theory, mathematics
Other hyponyms of tree

Meronyms

Of the sense “a perennial plant”

Derived terms

Terms derived from “tree”
Attributive uses of the noun “tree”
Idioms with the word “tree”

Proverbs

Descendants

Translations

  • Finnish: puu (fi)
  • German: Baum (de) m
  • Italian: albero (it) m
  • Fijian: vu ni kau
  • German: Schuhspanner (de) m
  • Japanese: 靴型 (kutsugata)
  • Macedonian: калап m (kalap)
  • Polish: prawidło (pl) n
  • Russian: распо́рка (ru) f (raspórka)
  • Slovene: žlica (sl) f
  • Swahili: mti (sw)
  • Swedish: skoblock n
  • Danish: træ (da) c
  • Finnish: puu (fi)
  • German: Baum (de) m
  • Italian: albero (it) m
  • Japanese:  (ja) (ki)
  • Korean: 트리 (teuri), 나무 (ko) (namu), 수형도 (suhyeongdo)
  • Lithuanian: medis (lt) m
  • Macedonian: дрво n (drvo)
  • Persian: درخت (fa)
  • Polish: drzewo (pl) n
  • Portuguese: árvore (pt) f
  • Russian: де́рево (ru) n (dérevo)
  • Swahili: mti (sw)
  • Swedish: träd (sv) n
  • Thai: แผนภาพต้นไม้ (pànaepâap dtôn máai)

Verb

tree (third-person singular simple present trees, present participle treeing, simple past and past participle treed)

  1. (transitive) To chase (an animal or person) up a tree.
    • The dog treed the cat.
  2. (transitive) To place in a tree.
    • Black bears can tree their cubs for protection, but grizzly bears cannot.
  3. (transitive) To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree.
    • to tree a boot
  4. (intransitive) To take refuge in a tree.

Translations

  • Fijian: vu ni kau
  • Finnish: ajaa puuhun
  • Hebrew: עץ (he)
  • Spanish: enarbolar (es)
  • Turkish: ağaç (tr)
  • Hungarian: sámfáz, kisámfáz

Anagrams

tree - Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /trɪə̯/

Noun

tree (plural treë)

  1. step (single act of placing the foot when walking)
  2. yard (unit of length)

tree - Dutch

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /treː/, [treː], [treɪ̯]
  • Hyphenation: tree

Noun

tree m (plural treden or treeën or trees, diminutive treetje n)

  1. step (of a staircase), stair
  2. (archaic) step (distance of one step when walking)
  3. (archaic, also tred) a unit of length of about 2 to 3 feet, roughly equivalent to a yard

Derived terms

Descendants

Anagrams

tree - Manx

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /t̪riː/

Numeral

tree

  1. three

tree - Middle English

Noun

tree

  1. Alternative form of tre

tree - North Frisian

Numeral

tree

  1. (Heligoland) three
Meaning and Definition of tree
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