Tree - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |triː|  American pronunciation of the word tree
Brit.  |triː|  British pronunciation of the word tree

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
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- 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 (syn: corner)
- 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

Extra examples

He chopped down the tree.

Monkeys live in trees.

Fruit grows on trees.

He was treed by a bull.

As a kid, I loved to climb trees.

We planted a peach tree in the backyard.

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Climb down out of that tree!

We sat under a tree and rested a while.

The tree produces good fruit.

An apple fell from the tree.

The bird landed in a tree.

The cat fell from the tree but landed on its feet.

The tree has an average annual growth of almost a foot.

When will the tree be fully grown?

Word forms

noun
singular: tree
plural: trees
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