tree

1. n. Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk. Source: opted

2. n. Something constructed in the form of, or considered as resembling, a tree, consisting of a stem, or stock, and branches; as, a genealogical tree. Source: opted

3. n. A piece of timber, or something commonly made of timber; -- used in composition, as in axletree, boottree, chesstree, crosstree, whiffletree, and the like. Source: opted

4. n. A cross or gallows; as Tyburn tree. Source: opted

5. n. Wood; timber. Source: opted

6. n. A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution. See Lead tree, under Lead. Source: opted

7. v. t. To drive to a tree; to cause to ascend a tree; as, a dog trees a squirrel. Source: opted

8. v. t. To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree; as, to tree a boot. See Tree, n., 3. Source: opted

9. n. a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms Source: wordnet

10. n. a figure that branches from a single root Source: wordnet

11. v. force a person or an animal into a position from which they cannot escape Source: wordnet

12. v. plant with trees Source: wordnet

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