1. Forced to turn and face attackers
   "The treed raccoon had no escape from the barking dogs below";
   - at bay, cornered, trapped

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

See also: unfree

Type of: channelise [Brit], channelize, chase, chase after, chase down, direct, elongate, give chase, go after, guide, head, maneuver [US], manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn], plant, point, set, steer, stretch, tag, track, trail

Encyclopedia: Treed