Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To chase (an animal or person) up a tree.

    The dog treed the cat.

    chase an animal up a tree

  2. (transitive)To place in a tree.

    Black bears can tree their cubs for protection, but grizzly bears cannot.

  3. (transitive)To place upon a shoe tree; to fit with a shoe tree; to stretch upon a shoe tree.

    to tree a boot

    stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree

  4. (intransitive)To take refuge in a tree.

Examples

4346 sentences
  1. A bear can climb a tree.

    Ведмеді можуть лазити по деревах. — JeNNeR

    ruМедведь может залезть на дерево. — Lenin_1917

    deEin Bär kann auf einen Baum klettern. — Sprachprofi

  2. The apple fell from the tree.

    Яблуко впало з дерева. — brambury

    ruЯблоко упало с дерева. — Selena777

    deDer Apfel ist vom Baum gefallen. — MUIRIEL

  3. An apple fell off the tree.

    З яблуні впало яблуко. — ascolto

    ruС дерева упало яблоко. — marafon

    deEin Apfel fiel vom Baum. — Manfredo

  4. The tree fell down by itself.

    Дерево впало саме. — deniko

    ruДерево само упало. — marafon

    deDer Baum ist von alleine umgefallen. — xtofu80

  5. The tree was struck by lightning.

    В дерево вдарила блискавка. — rmdas

    ruВ дерево ударила молния. — Hellerick

    deDer Baum ist vom Blitz getroffen worden. — Sudajaengi

Translations

2 languages

Forms

trees, treeing, treed, treed
Base formtree · to tree
3rd person singulartrees
Present participletreeing
Past simpletreed
Past participletreed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytree
he, she, ittrees

Past simpleLesson

all personstreed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave treed
he, she, ithas treed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill tree

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree:shoetree
  • force a person or an animal into a position from which they cannot escape:corner

Collocations

12 patterns
  • planted these trees
  • christmas tree
  • under a tree
  • under the tree
  • the christmas tree
  • apple trees
  • tree in his
  • climbing trees
  • from the tree
  • under that tree
  • oak tree
  • cherry trees

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

tree — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto