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See also:tree-,Tree,TREE,andtréë

English

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Picture dictionary:tree (1)
tree (1)
tree (1)
plant
plant
plant
root
root
root
trunk
trunk
trunk
branch
branch
branch
leaf
leaf
leaf
needle
needle
needle
fruit
fruit
fruit
A tree structure

Etymology

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    Proto-Indo-European*drew-
    Proto-Indo-European*-om
    Proto-Germanic*trewą
    Proto-West Germanic*treu
    Old Englishtrēow
    Middle Englishtre
    Englishtree
    PIE word
    *dóru

    FromMiddle Englishtre,tree,treo,treou,trew,trow, fromOld Englishtrēo,trēow(“tree, wood, timber, beam, log, stake, stick, grove, cross, rood”), fromProto-West Germanic*treu, fromProto-Germanic*trewą(“tree, wood”), from pre-Germanic*dréwom, thematic e-grade derivative ofProto-Indo-European*dóru(“tree”). Replaced alternativeMiddle Englishbeem, fromOld Englishbēam (seebeam) and eclipsed non-nativeMiddle Englisharbre, borrowed fromOld Frencharbre.

    Cognates

    From the same Proto-Indo-European:Scotstree(“wood, rod, stick”),Dutchteer(“tree”),Danish,Faroese,Scaniantræ(“tree”),Icelandictré(“tree; wood”),Norwegian Bokmål,Norwegian Nynorsktre(“tree”),Swedishträ(“wood; tree”),träd(“tree”),Gothic𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌿(triu,“tree; wood, piece of wood”),Sanskritदारु(dāru,“tree; wood”),Albaniandru(“tree; wood”),Welshdâr(“oaks”),Ancient Greekδόρυ(dóru,“wood, spear”),Russianде́рево(dérevo) orдре́во(drévo,“tree”),Tocharian A,Tocharian Bor(“wood”). Related totar,true.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    tree (pluraltreesor(obsolete)treen)

    1. Aperennialwoodyplant taller and larger than ashrub with a wooden trunk and, at some distance from the ground, having leaves and branches.
      Hyperion is the tallest livingtree in the world.
      Birds have a nest in atree in the garden.
      • 1992 April 5, “The Full House”, inJeeves and Wooster, Series 3, Episode 2:
        B. Wooster: Of all the places on this great planet of ours, West Neck, Long Island, has chosen to be the most unexciting. The last time anythingremotely interesting happened here was in 1842, when atree fell over. They still talk about it in the village.
      • 2019 October, Ian Walmsley, “Cleaning up”, inModern Railways, page42:
        When we see a train trapped behind (or embedded in) a fallentree our first thought should be 'what was it doing there anyway?'[…]Trees are also responsible for numerous minor delays in autumn[due to leaves falling on the track], which rolling stock engineers are supposed to cope with as usual.
    2. Any otherplant (such as a large shrub or herb) that isreminiscent of the above in form and size.
      The bananatree is a tall perennial herb: its trunk is not woody.
    3. An object made from a tree trunk and having multiplehooks or storageplatforms.
      He had the choice of buying a scratching post or a cattree.
    4. A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open.
      He put a shoetree in each of his shoes.
    5. The structuralframe of asaddle.
    6. (graph theory) A connectedgraph with no cycles or, if the graph is finite, equivalently a connected graph withn vertices andn−1 edges.
    7. (computingtheory) Arecursivedata structure in which eachnode has zero or more nodes as children, but does not share children with other nodes.
    8. (graphical user interface) Adisplay or listing ofentries orelements such that there areprimary andsecondary entries shown, usually linked by drawn lines or by indenting to the right.
      We’ll show it as atree list.
    9. Anystructure orconstruct havingbranches representingdivergence or possiblechoices.
    11. Thestructure orwoodenframe used in the construction of asaddle used in horse riding.
    12. (often in the plural, slang)Marijuana.
      • 2005, “Shake That”, inEminem,Nate Dogg (lyrics),Curtain Call: The Hits:
        I like good pussy and I like goodtrees / Smoke so much weed you wouldn't believe
      • 2017 September 22, “Man's Not Hot”‎[1]performed by Big Shaq [Michael Dapaah]:
        Everyday man's on the block / Smoketrees (ah)
      • 2018, “Ace”, inRoom 25‎[2], performed byNoname ft. Smino & Saba:
        Whiskey with the team, got it bubblin' / I gottrees in my luggage, I got tings out in London / Hope UK, what you say? Fuck is you sayin'?
    13. (archaic outside Christianity) Across orgallows.
      • 1611,The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […],→OCLC,Acts5:30:
        The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on atree.
      • 1610–1611 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene ii],page12:
        Ste[phano].Trinculo, keepe a good tongue in your head: If you proue a mutineere, the nextTree:[…]
      • 1707,Isaac Watts, “Godly Sorrow ariſing from the Sufferings of Chriſt”, inHymns and Spiritual Songs, London: J. Humfreys,page86:
        Was it for Crimes that I had done / He groan’d upon theTree?
      • 1997, Warren W. Wiersbe,The Names of Jesus:
        When Jesus died on thattree, he bore the awful curse of the law for us so that we might be saved.
      • 2004, Jon Courson,Jon Courson's Application Commentary, page1130:
        Oh, that's not to say Peter's life was easy. In fact, he, too, ended up on atree—not hung up by guilt, but crucified upside down on a cross for the sake of the One who not only hung on atree for him, but rose and lived within him, empowering him to live a life of incredible impact and ministry.
      • 2015, Bruce Thomas,God's Purpose for His Creation:
        Jesus was crucified on atree to give us life.
      • 2022, Sharmila Panirselvam,Life in the Hands of Jesus:
        Outside of Jerusalem, at Golgotha, Jesus was crucified on atree with two other thieves because He claimed to be the king of the Jews.
    14. (chemistry) A mass ofcrystals,aggregated inarborescent forms, obtained byprecipitation of ametal fromsolution.
    15. (cartomancy) The fifthLenormand card.
    16. (uncountable, mathematics)Alternativeletter-case form ofTREE.

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    Hyponyms

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    Of the sense “a perennial plant”
    Computing, graph theory, mathematics
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    Meronyms

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    Of the sense “a perennial plant”

    Derived terms

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    Terms derived from “tree”
    Attributive uses of the noun “tree”
    Idioms with the word “tree”
    proverbs
    miscellaneous collection of multiterm words containing the word "tree" (unsorted)

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    Translations

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    large woody plant
    pole with storage hooks
    shoe tree
    frame of a saddle
    the structure or wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle used in horse riding
    (graph theory) connected graph with no cycles
    (computing theory) recursive data structure
    (graphical user interface) tree list
    slang: marijuana
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    Verb

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    tree (third-person singular simple presenttrees,present participletreeing,simple past and past participletreed)

    1. (transitive) To chase (an animal or person) up a tree.
      The dogtreed the cat.
      • 1897,Henry Howardet al., editors,Encyclopaedia of Sport‎[3], volume I, London: Lawrence & Bullen, page599:
        When hunted it [the jaguar] takes refuge in trees, and this habit is well known to hunters, who pursue it with dogs and pot it whentreed.
      • 2008,Monte Dwyer,Red In The Centre: The Australian Bush Through Urban Eyes, Monyer Pty Ltd, page146:
        "And our dogs used totree the cats on our property here, and we'd dispatch them."
    2. (transitive) To place in a tree.
      Black bears cantree their cubs for protection, but grizzly bears cannot.
    3. (transitive) To place upon ashoe tree; to fit with a shoe tree; to stretch upon a shoe tree.
      totree a boot
    4. (intransitive) To take refuge in a tree.

    Translations

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    to chase up a tree
    to place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree

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    Etymology

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    FromDutchtree, syncopic form oftrede, fromMiddle Dutchtrede. Equivalent to a deverbal fromtreden.

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    tree (pluraltreë)

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

    Dutch

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    Etymology

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    From syncope oftrede, fromMiddle Dutchtrede. Equivalent to a deverbal fromtreden.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /treː/,[treː],[treɪ̯]
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    • Hyphenation:tree
    • Rhymes:-eː

    Noun

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    tree m (pluraltredenortreeënortrees,diminutivetreetje n)

    1. step(of astaircase),stair
    2. (archaic)step(distance of one step when walking)
    3. (archaic, alsotred) a unit of length of about 2 to 3feet, roughly equivalent to ayard

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    Manx

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    FromOld Irishtrí, fromProto-Celtic*trīs, fromProto-Indo-European*tréyes.

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    tree

    1. three

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    Middle English

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    Noun

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    tree

    1. alternative form oftre

    North Frisian

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    Etymology

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    FromOld Frisianthrē.

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    tree

    1. (Heligoland)three

    Old Irish

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    tree

    1. third-personsingularfeminineaccusative oftri:throughher/itsg
      • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published inThesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb.2c4
        Cain ro·noíbad Abracham tri hiris? Intree ǽm didiu fa nacc?
        Hasn’t Abraham been sanctified through faith?Through it then indeed or not?
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