tree

Meanings

Noun

• a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
• a figure that branches from a single root
  • "genealogical tree"
• English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917)

Verb

• force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape
• plant with trees
  • "this lot should be treed so that the house will be shaded in summer"
• chase an animal up a tree
  • "the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it"
  • "her dog likes to tree squirrels"
• stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree

Synonyms

corner, shoetree, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, tree diagram