Definition of TREE

tree

Meanings

Plural: treen, trees

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)
  • A perennial woody plant taller and larger than a shrub with a wooden trunk and, at some distance from the ground, having leaves and branches.
  • Any other plant (such as a large shrub or herb) that is reminiscent of the above in form and size.
  • An object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hooks or storage platforms.
  • A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open.
  • The structural frame of a saddle.
  • A connected graph with no cycles or, if the graph is finite, equivalently a connected graph with n vertices and n−1 edges.
  • A recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children.
  • 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.
  • Any structure or construct having branches representing divergence or possible choices.
  • The structure or wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle used in horse riding.
  • Marijuana.
  • A cross or gallows.
  • A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution.
  • The fifth Lenormand card.
  • Alternative letter-case form of TREE.

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
  • To chase (an animal or person) up a tree.
  • To place in a tree.
  • To place upon a shoe tree; to fit with a shoe tree; to stretch upon a shoe tree.
  • To take refuge in a tree.

Origin / Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *drew-
Proto-Indo-European *-om
Proto-Germanic *trewą
Proto-West Germanic *treu
Old English trēow
Middle English tre
English tree
PIE word
*dóru
From Middle English tre, tree, treo, treou, trew, trow, from Old English trēo, trēow (“tree, wood, timber, beam, log, stake, stick, grove, cross, rood”), from Proto-West Germanic *treu, from Proto-Germanic *trewą (“tree, wood”), from pre-Germanic *dréwom, thematic e-grade derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”). Replaced alternative Middle English beem, from Old English bēam (see beam) and eclipsed non-native Middle English arbre, borrowed from Old French arbre.
Cognates
From the same Proto-Indo-European: Scots tree (“wood, rod, stick”), North Frisian tre, trä (“tree”)Danish træ (“tree”), Swedish trä (“wood”), träd (“tree”), Norwegian tre (“tree”), Icelandic tré (“tree”), Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌿 (triu, “tree, wood, piece of wood”), Sanskrit दारु (dāru, “tree, wood”), Albanian dru (“tree, wood”), Welsh dâr (“oaks”), Ancient Greek δόρυ (dóru, “wood, spear”), Russian де́рево (dérevo) or дре́во (drévo), Tocharian A or. Related to tar, true.

Synonyms

corner, sapling, seedling, shoetree, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, tree, tree diagram

Scrabble Score: 4

tree is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
tree is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tree is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 4

tree is a valid Words With Friends word