Tree (tr ), Sir Herbert Beerbohm 1853-1917. British actor and producer who founded the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (1904). |
| tree (tr) n. 1. a. A perennial woody plant having a main trunk and usually a distinct crown. b. A plant or shrub resembling a tree in form or size. 2. Something, such as a clothes tree, that resembles a tree in form. 3. A wooden beam, post, stake, or bar used as part of a framework or structure. 4. A saddletree. 5. A diagram that has branches in descending lines showing relationships as of hierarchy or lineage: a family tree; a telephone tree. 6. Computer Science A structure for organizing or classifying data in which every item can be traced to a single origin through a unique path. 7. Archaic a. A gallows. b. The cross on which Jesus was crucified. tr.v. treed, tree·ing, trees Idiom: 1. To force up a tree: Dogs treed the raccoon. 2. Informal To force into a difficult position; corner. 3. To supply with trees: treed the field with oaks. 4. To stretch (a shoe or boot) onto a shoetree. up a tree Informal In a situation of great difficulty or perplexity; helpless. [Middle English, from Old English tr ow; see deru- in Indo-European roots.]tree  less adj. |
tree
Noun
1. any large woody perennial plant with a distinct trunk and usually having leaves and branches Related adjective arboreal
3. at the top of the tree in the highest position of a profession [Old English trēow]
treeless adj
| tree (tr) Any of a wide variety of perennial plants typically having a single woody stem, and usually branches and leaves. Many species of both gymnosperms (notably the conifers) and angiosperms grow in the form of trees. The ancient forests of the Devonian, Mississippian, and Pennsylvanian periods of the Paleozoic Era were dominated by trees belonging to groups of seedless plants such as the lycophytes. The strength and height of trees are made possible by the supportive conductive tissue known as vascular tissue. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiospermsyellowwood tree, yellowwood - any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extract negro pepper, Xylopia aethiopica, Guinea pepper - tropical west African evergreen tree bearing pungent aromatic seeds used as a condiment and in folk medicine anise tree - any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus Illicium Drimys winteri, winter's bark tree, winter's bark - South American evergreen tree yielding winter's bark and a light soft wood similar to basswood zebrawood tree, zebrawood - any of various trees or shrubs having mottled or striped wood acacia - any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia Adenanthera pavonina, Barbados pride, coral-wood, coralwood, peacock flower fence, red sandalwood - East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental conacaste, Enterolobium cyclocarpa, elephant's ear - tropical South American tree having a wide-spreading crown of bipinnate leaves and coiled ear-shaped fruits; grown for shade and ornament as well as valuable timber inga - any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers; cultivated as ornamentals ice-cream bean, Inga edulis - ornamental evergreen tree with masses of white flowers; tropical and subtropical America guama, Inga laurina - tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers; used as shade for coffee plantations lead tree, Leucaena glauca, Leucaena leucocephala, white popinac - low scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods Lysiloma bahamensis, Lysiloma latisiliqua, wild tamarind - a tree of the West Indies and Florida and Mexico; resembles tamarind and has long flat pods nitta tree - any of several Old World tropical trees of the genus Parkia having heads of red or yellow flowers followed by pods usually containing edible seeds and pulp camachile, huamachil, manila tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce, wild tamarind - common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum Alstonia scholaris, devil tree, dita, dita bark - evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally conessi, Holarrhena antidysenterica, Holarrhena pubescens, ivory tree, kurchee, kurchi - tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea Meryta sinclairii, puka - small roundheaded New Zealand tree having large resinous leaves and panicles of green-white flowers Pisonia aculeata, cockspur - small spiny West Indian tree screw pine, pandanus - any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leaves Hoheria populnea, houhere, lacebark, ribbonwood - small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage Plagianthus betulinus, Plagianthus regius, ribbon tree, ribbonwood - deciduous New Zealand tree whose inner bark yields a strong fiber that resembles flax and is called New Zealand cotton tulipwood tree - any of various trees yielding variously colored woods similar to true tulipwood Bombax ceiba, Bombax malabarica, red silk-cotton tree, simal - East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok |
| 2. |  tree - a figure that branches from a single root; "genealogical tree"plane figure, two-dimensional figure - a two-dimensional shape cladogram - a tree diagram used to illustrate phylogenetic relationships stemma - a tree diagram showing a reconstruction of the transmission of manuscripts of a literary work | |
| 3. | Tree - English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917) | |
| Verb | 1. | tree - force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape channelise, channelize, guide, maneuver, steer, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, head, direct - direct the course; determine the direction of travelling |
| 2. | tree - plant with trees; "this lot should be treed so that the house will be shaded in summer" | |
| 3. | tree - chase an animal up a tree; "the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it"; "her dog likes to tree squirrels" dog, give chase, go after, chase, tail, chase after, trail, track, tag - go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit" | |
| 4. | tree - stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree |
Translations
n tree [triː]
the largest kind of plant, with a thick, firm, wooden stem and branches We have three apple trees growing in our garden. boom شَجَرَه дърво strom træ der Baum δέντρο árbol puu درخت puu arbre עֵץ पेड़ stablo fa pohon tré albero 木 나무 medis koks pokok boom tre drzewo árvore pom, copac дерево strom drevo drvo träd ต้นไม้ ağaç 樹 дерево درخت cây 树
n treetop
the top of a tree the birds in the treetops. boomtop قِمَّة الشَّجَرَه връх на дърво koruna stromu trætop die Baumkrone κορυφή δέντρου copa de un árbol puulatv نوک درخت puunlatva cime (d'un arbre) צָמֶרֶת फुनगी krošnja a fa teteje puncak pohon trjátoppur cima (di un albero) こずえ 나무 꼭대기 medžio viršūnė koka galotne puncak pokok boomtop tretopp wierzchołek drzewa copa de árvore vârf (al copacului) верхушка дерева koruna stromu krošnja krošnja drveta trädtopp ยอดไม้ ağacın tepesi/en üst dalları 樹頂 верхівка дерева درخت کي چوٹي ngọn cây 树顶
n tree-trunk
the trunk of a tree. boomstam جِذْع الشَّجَرَه ствол kmen træstamme der Baumstamm κορμός δέντρου tronco de árbol puutüvi تنه درخت puunrunko tronc (d'arbre) גֶזָע पेड़ का तना, तना deblo fatörzs batang pohon trjábolur tronco d'albero 木の幹 나무줄기 (medžio) kamienas (koka) stumbrs batang pokok boomstam trestamme pień tronco de árvore trunchi ствол дерева kmeň deblo stablo trädstam ลำต้น ağaç gövdesi 樹干 стовбур; колода درخت کا تنا cành cây 树干
n tree line
the height above which trees cannot grow. boomgroeihoogte, boomhoogte الإرتِفاع الأقْصى للشَّجَرَه височина над морското равнище, над която не могат да растат гори výšková hranice růstu stromů trægrænse die Baumspitze ύψος δεντροστοιχίας límite del arbolado, de la límite vegetación arbórea puude kasvupiir دار مرز limite des arbres קַו הָעֵצִים ऊंचाई जिससे ज्यादा पेड़ नहीं बढ़ सकते (visinska) granica šume lombkorona magassága batas ketinggian yang dapat ditumbuhi pohon (altezza massima) 樹木限界線 maksimalus medžio aukštis koku veģetācijas robeža batasan pokok kayu boomgrens tregrense (górna) granica lasu верхняя граница произрастания деревьев horná hranica lesa gozdna meja visina drveta trädgräns ความสูงเหนือขึ้นไปที่ต้นไม้ไม่สามารถเติบโดถึงได้ ağaç büyüme üst sınırı 林木線 межа деревної рослинності درخت کے بڑھنے کي حد đường giới hạn của cây cối 林木线
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