Tree Definition

trē

treed, treeing, trees

noun

trees

A woody perennial plant with one main stem or trunk which develops many branches, usually at some height above the ground.

Webster's New World

A treelike bush or shrub.

A rose tree.

Webster's New World

Anything resembling a tree in form, as in having a stem and branches.

Webster's New World

Something that resembles a tree in form, especially a diagram or arrangement that has branches showing relationships of hierarchy or lineage.

American Heritage

A structure for organizing or classifying data in which every item can be traced to a single origin through a unique path.

American Heritage

Synonyms:

verb

treed, treeing, trees

To chase up a tree.

Webster's New World

To place or stretch on a boot or shoe tree.

Webster's New World

To corner, as if chased up a tree; place in a difficult position.

Webster's New World

To supply or cover with trees.

A hillside that is treed with oaks.

American Heritage

Synonyms:

idiom

up a tree

American Heritage

up a tree

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Tree

Singular:

tree

Plural:

From Middle English tree, tre, treo, treou, trew, trow, from Old English trÄ“o, trÄ“ow (“tree, wood, timber, beam, log, stake, stick, grove, cross, rood"), from Proto-Germanic *trewÄ… (“tree, wood"), from pre-Germanic *dréu̯om, thematic e-grade derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree"). Cognate with Scots tree (“wood, rod, stick"), North Frisian tre, trä (“tree"), Middle Dutch tree (“tree"), Danish træ (“tree"), Swedish trä (“wood"), träd (“tree"), Norwegian tre (“tree"), Icelandic tré (“tree"), Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌿 (triu, “tree, wood, piece of wood"), Albanian dru (“tree, wood"), Welsh dâr (“oaks"), Ancient Greek δόρυ (dóry, “wood, spear"), Russian дерево (derevo), Tocharian A or. Related to tar, true.

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English trēow deru- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition