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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
tree /tri/USA pronunciation   n., v., treed, tree•ing. 
n. [countable]
  1. Botanya plant having a permanently woody trunk and branches.
  2. Plant Biologya shrub or plant, as the banana, that resembles a tree in form and size.
  3. family tree.
  4. Christmas tree.

v. [~ + object]
  1. to drive (something pursued) into or up a tree:The dogs treed the fox.
Idioms
  1. Idioms up a tree, in a difficult situation:Now we're up a tree; how can we get out of this mess?

tree•less, adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
tree  (trē),USA pronunciation n., v., treed, tree•ing. 
n. 
  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. [Math., Ling.]See tree diagram.
  5. See family tree.
  6. a pole, post, beam, bar, handle, or the like, as one forming part of some structure.
  7. a shoetree or boot tree.
  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. Computinga data structure organized like a tree whose nodes store data elements and whose branches represent pointers to other nodes in the tree.
  13. See Christmas tree.
  14. up a tree, [Informal.]in a difficult or embarrassing situation;
    at a loss;
    stumped.

v.t. 
  1. to drive into or up a tree, as a pursued animal or person.
  2. [Informal.]to put into a difficult position.
  3. to stretch or shape on a tree, as a boot.
  4. to furnish (a structure) with a tree.
  • bef. 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
tree ′like′, adj. 

Tree  (trē),USA pronunciation n. 
    Sir Herbert Beer•bohm  (bēr′bōm),USA pronunciation (Herbert Beerbohm), 1853–1917, English actor and theater manager;
    brother of Max Beerbohm.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
tree / triː/
  1. any large woody perennial plant with a distinct trunk giving rise to branches or leaves at some distance from the ground
    Related adjective(s): 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. See family tree, shoetree, saddletree
  5. a treelike crystal growth; dendrite
  6. a branching diagrammatic representation of something, such as the grammatical structure of a sentence
  7. (as modifier): a tree diagram
  8. an archaic word for gallows
  9. at the top of the tree ⇒ in the highest position of a profession, etc
  10. up a tree ⇒ in a difficult situation; trapped or stumped
 (trees, treeing, treed)(transitive)
  1. to drive or force up a tree
  2. to shape or stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree
Etymology: Old English trēo; related to Old Frisian, Old Norse trē, Old Saxon trio, Gothic triu, Greek doru wood, drus treeˈtreelessˈtreelessnessˈtreeˌlike
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Tree / triː/
  1. Sir Herbert Beerbohm. 1853–1917, English actor and theatre manager; half-brother of Sir Max Beerbohm. He was noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare
'fig tree' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
banyan - bo tree - caprifig - fig - fig leaf - pipal

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