tree
[ tree ]
/ tri /
noun
verb (used with object), treed, tree·ing.
Idioms for tree
up a tree, Informal.
in a difficult or embarrassing situation; at a loss; stumped.
Origin of tree
before 900; Middle English; Old English
trēo(w); cognate with Old Frisian, Old Norse
trē, Old Saxon
treo, Gothic
triu; akin to Greek
drŷs oak, Sanskrit, Avestan
dru wood
OTHER WORDS FROM tree
tree·like, adjectiveWords nearby tree
Definition for tree (2 of 2)
Tree
[ tree ]
/ tri /
noun
Sir Herbert Beer·bohm
[beer-bohm] /ˈbɪər boʊm/, Herbert Beerbohm,1853–1917,
English actor and theater manager; brother of Max Beerbohm.
Example sentences from the Web for tree
British Dictionary definitions for tree (1 of 2)
tree
/ (triː) /
noun
verb trees, treeing or treed (tr)
to drive or force up a tree
to shape or stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree
Derived forms of tree
treeless, adjective treelessness, noun treelike, adjectiveWord Origin for tree
Old English
trēo; related to Old Frisian, Old Norse
trē, Old Saxon
trio, Gothic
triu, Greek
doru wood,
drus tree
British Dictionary definitions for tree (2 of 2)
Tree
/ (triː) /
noun
Sir Herbert Beerbohm . 1853–1917, English actor and theatre manager; half-brother of Sir Max Beerbohm. He was noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare
Scientific definitions for tree
tree
[ trē ]
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.
Idioms and Phrases with tree
tree
see bark up the wrong tree; can't see the forest for the trees; talk someone's arm off (the bark off a tree); up a tree.