1. A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
   "The old oak tree provided shade for the entire yard"
    
2. A diagram that represents relationships by lines branching from a single starting point
   "The linguist used a tree diagram to show the sentence structure";
   - tree diagram
    
3. An object having multiple hooks or storage platforms, e.g. for hanging mugs on
   "She organized her kitchen with a mug tree on the counter"
    
4. (computer science) a recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children
   "The binary search tree allowed for efficient data retrieval"

1. [N. Amer] Force a person or an animal into a position from which they cannot escape
   "The dogs treed the raccoon";
   - corner
    
2. Plant with trees
   "this lot should be treed so that the house will be shaded in summer"
    
3. Chase an animal up a tree
   "the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it"; "her dog likes to tree squirrels"
    
4. Stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree
   "He trees his leather shoes to maintain their shape";
   - shoetree

1. English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917)
   - Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree

Derived forms: treeing, trees, treed

Type of: actor, channelise [Brit], channelize, chase, chase after, chase down, direct, elongate, give chase, go after, guide, head, histrion [archaic], ligneous plant, maneuver [US], manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn], plane figure, plant, player, point, role player, set, steer, stretch, tag, theatrical producer, thesp [Brit, informal], thespian, track, trail, two-dimensional figure, woody plant

Part of: forest, wood, woods

Encyclopedia: Tree, Michael