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To chase up a treeTo chase (an animal or person) up a tree.
» A bear can climb a tree.
Ein Bär kann auf einen Baum klettern. — Sprachprofi
Медведь может залезть на дерево. — Lenin_1917
Ведмеді можуть лазити по деревах. — JeNNeR
Ведмеді вміють лазити по деревах. — JeNNeR
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4 senses(transitive)To chase (an animal or person) up a tree.
The dog treed the cat.
chase an animal up a tree
(transitive)To place in a tree.
Black bears can tree their cubs for protection, but grizzly bears cannot.
(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
(intransitive)To take refuge in a tree.
Examples
4346 sentencesA 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
The apple fell from the tree.
Яблуко впало з дерева. — brambury
ruЯблоко упало с дерева. — Selena777
deDer Apfel ist vom Baum gefallen. — MUIRIEL
An apple fell off the tree.
З яблуні впало яблуко. — ascolto
ruС дерева упало яблоко. — marafon
deEin Apfel fiel vom Baum. — Manfredo
The tree fell down by itself.
Дерево впало саме. — deniko
ruДерево само упало. — marafon
deDer Baum ist von alleine umgefallen. — xtofu80
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 languagesForms
trees, treeing, treed, treedSynonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
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 dictionaryDictionary 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.