name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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name
A surname.
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noun
A perennial woody plant taller and larger than a shrub with a wooden trunk and, at some distance from the ground, having leaves and branches.
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Broader terms: plant, organism
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Any other plant (such as a large shrub or herb) that is reminiscent of the above in form and size.
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An object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hooks or storage platforms.
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noun
A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open.
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noun
The structural frame of a saddle.
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noun
A connected graph with no cycles or, if the graph is finite, equivalently a connected graph with n vertices and n−1 edges.
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Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences
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noun
A recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children, but does not share children with other nodes.
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Topics: computing, computing-theory, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
A display or listing of entries or elements such that there are primary and secondary entries shown, usually linked by drawn lines or by indenting to the right.
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Any structure or construct having branches representing divergence or possible choices.
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noun
The structure or wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle used in horse riding.
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noun
Marijuana.
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Usage: in-plural, often, slang
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noun
A cross or gallows.
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Qualifier: archaic outside Christianity
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noun
A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution.
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Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
The fifth Lenormand card.
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Topics: cartomancy, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of TREE.
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Usage: alt-of, uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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An extremely fast-growing function based on Kruskal's tree theorem.
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Usage: uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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Pronunciation spelling of three
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verb
To chase (an animal or person) up a tree.
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verb
To place in a tree.
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verb
To place upon a shoe tree; to fit with a shoe tree; to stretch upon a shoe tree.
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verb
To take refuge in a tree.
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Usage: intransitive
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noun
English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917)
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Synonyms: Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
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Broader terms: actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player, theatrical producer
noun
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
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Broader terms: woody plant, ligneous plant
Narrower terms: yellowwood, yellowwood tree, lancewood, lancewood tree, Oxandra lanceolata, Guinea pepper, negro pepper, Xylopia aethiopica, anise tree, winter's bark, winter's bark tree, Drimys winteri, zebrawood, zebrawood tree, granadilla tree, granadillo, Brya ebenus, acacia, coralwood, coral-wood, red sandalwood, Barbados pride, peacock flower fence, Adenanthera pavonina, albizzia, albizia, conacaste, elephant's ear, Enterolobium cyclocarpa, inga, ice-cream bean, Inga edulis, guama, Inga laurina, lead tree, white popinac, Leucaena glauca, Leucaena leucocephala, wild tamarind, Lysiloma latisiliqua, Lysiloma bahamensis, nitta tree, manila tamarind, camachile, huamachil, Pithecellobium dulce, dita, dita bark, devil tree, Alstonia scholaris, ivory tree, conessi, kurchi, kurchee, Holarrhena pubescens, Holarrhena antidysenterica, puka, Meryta sinclairii, cockspur, Pisonia aculeata, pandanus, screw pine, lacebark, ribbonwood, houhere, Hoheria populnea, ribbon tree, Plagianthus regius, Plagianthus betulinus, tulipwood tree, red silk-cotton tree, simal, Bombax ceiba, Bombax malabarica, Montezuma, shaving-brush tree, Pseudobombax ellipticum, quandong, quandong tree, Brisbane quandong, silver quandong tree, blue fig, Elaeocarpus grandis, Jamaican cherry, calabur tree, calabura, silk wood, silkwood, Muntingia calabura, breakax, breakaxe, break-axe, Sloanea jamaicensis, bottle-tree, bottle tree, Chinese parasol tree, Chinese parasol, Japanese varnish tree, phoenix tree, Firmiana simplex, mayeng, maple-leaved bayur, Pterospermum acerifolium, silver tree, Tarrietia argyrodendron, obeche, obechi, arere, samba, Triplochiton scleroxcylon, linden, linden tree, basswood, lime, lime tree, Leucadendron argenteum, prickly ash, Orites excelsa, wheel tree, firewheel tree, Stenocarpus sinuatus, scrub beefwood, beefwood, Stenocarpus salignus, casuarina, beech, beech tree, chestnut, chestnut tree, oak chestnut, giant chinkapin, golden chinkapin, Chrysolepis chrysophylla, Castanea chrysophylla, Castanopsis chrysophylla, tanbark oak, Lithocarpus densiflorus, southern beech, evergreen beech, oak, oak tree, birch, birch tree, alder, alder tree, hornbeam, hop hornbeam, fringe tree, ash, ash tree, devilwood, American olive, Osmanthus americanus, dhawa, dhava, button tree, button mangrove, Conocarpus erectus, white mangrove, Laguncularia racemosa, bayberry, bay-rum tree, Jamaica bayberry, wild cinnamon, Pimenta acris, gum tree, gum, poon, calaba, Santa Maria tree, Calophyllum calaba, Maria, Calophyllum longifolium, laurelwood, Calophyllum candidissimum, clusia, wild fig, Clusia flava, rose chestnut, ironwood, ironwood tree, Mesua ferrea, souari, souari nut, souari tree, Caryocar nuciferum, dipterocarp, ketembilla, kitembilla, kitambilla, ketembilla tree, Ceylon gooseberry, Dovyalis hebecarpa, chaulmoogra, chaulmoogra tree, chaulmugra, Hydnocarpus kurzii, Taraktagenos kurzii, Taraktogenos kurzii, Hydnocarpus laurifolia, Hydnocarpus wightiana, idesia, Idesia polycarpa, Australian nettle, Australian nettle tree, fig tree, elm, elm tree, hackberry, nettle tree, cabbage tree, grass tree, Cordyline australis, bonduc, bonduc tree, Caesalpinia bonduc, Caesalpinia bonducella, divi-divi, Caesalpinia coriaria, brazilwood, peachwood, peach-wood, pernambuco wood, Caesalpinia echinata, brazilian ironwood, Caesalpinia ferrea, shingle tree, Acrocarpus fraxinifolius, msasa, Brachystegia speciformis, cassia, locust tree, locust, Kentucky coffee tree, chicot, Gymnocladus dioica, palo verde, Parkinsonia florida, Cercidium floridum, angelim, andelmin, camwood, African sandalwood, Baphia nitida, dhak, dak, palas, Butea frondosa, Butea monosperma, rosewood, rosewood tree, sissoo, sissu, sisham, Dalbergia sissoo, kingwood, kingwood tree, Dalbergia cearensis, cocobolo, Dalbergia retusa, blackwood, blackwood tree, coral tree, erythrina, gliricidia, millettia, tolu tree, tolu balsam tree, Myroxylon balsamum, Myroxylon toluiferum, Peruvian balsam, Myroxylon pereirae, Myroxylon balsamum pereirae, necklace tree, Jamaica dogwood, fish fuddle, Piscidia piscipula, Piscidia erythrina, quira, Indian beech, Pongamia glabra, bloodwood tree, kiaat, Pterocarpus angolensis, padauk, padouk, amboyna, Pterocarpus indicus, Burma padauk, Burmese rosewood, Pterocarpus macrocarpus, kino, Pterocarpus marsupium, red sanders, red sanderswood, red saunders, Pterocarpus santalinus, carib wood, Sabinea carinalis, scarlet wisteria tree, vegetable hummingbird, Sesbania grandiflora, Japanese pagoda tree, Chinese scholartree, Chinese scholar tree, Sophora japonica, Sophora sinensis, mescal bean, coral bean, frijolito, frijolillo, Sophora secundiflora, kowhai, Sophora tetraptera, tipu, tipu tree, yellow jacaranda, pride of Bolivia, keurboom, Virgilia capensis, Virgilia oroboides, Virgilia divaricata, palm, palm tree, dagame, lemonwood tree, Calycophyllum candidissimum, coffee, coffee tree, cinchona, chinchona, opepe, Nauclea diderrichii, Sarcocephalus diderrichii, lemonwood, lemon-wood, lemon-wood tree, Psychotria capensis, wild medlar, wild medlar tree, medlar, Vangueria infausta, Spanish tamarind, Vangueria madagascariensis, incense tree, mahogany, mahogany tree, chinaberry, chinaberry tree, China tree, Persian lilac, pride-of-India, azederach, azedarach, Melia azederach, Melia azedarach, neem, neem tree, nim tree, margosa, arishth, Azadirachta indica, Melia Azadirachta, satinwood, satinwood tree, Chloroxylon swietenia, silver ash, lanseh tree, langsat, langset, Lansium domesticum, African walnut, Lovoa klaineana, turreae, lepidobotrys, caracolito, Ruptiliocarpon caracolito, cork tree, Phellodendron amurense, trifoliate orange, trifoliata, wild orange, Poncirus trifoliata, bitterwood tree, pepper tree, Kirkia wilmsii, willow, willow tree, sandalwood tree, true sandalwood, Santalum album, quandang, Eucarya acuminata, Fusanus acuminatus, aalii, soapberry, soapberry tree, aroeira blanca, Schinus chichita, molle, Peruvian mastic tree, Schinus molle, Brazilian pepper tree, Schinus terebinthifolius, ebony, ebony tree, Diospyros ebenum, marblewood, marble-wood, Andaman marble, Diospyros kurzii, balata, balata tree, bully tree, Manilkara bidentata, gutta-percha tree, Palaquium gutta, marmalade tree, mammee, sapote, Pouteria zapota, Calocarpum zapota, Christmas bush, Christmas tree, Ceratopetalum gummiferum, plane tree, sycamore, platan, calabash, calabash tree, Crescentia cujete, princewood, Spanish elm, Cordia gerascanthus, Avicennia officinalis, black mangrove, Aegiceras majus, teak, Tectona grandis, snag, timber tree, treelet, arbor, bean tree, pollard, sapling, shade tree, gymnospermous tree, angiospermous tree, flowering tree, fever tree, bonsai, nakedwood, hazel, hazel tree, Pomaderris apetala, tree of knowledge
noun
a figure that branches from a single root
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: tree diagram
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plane figure, two-dimensional figure
Narrower terms: cladogram, stemma
verb
stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree
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Synonyms: shoetree
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: elongate, stretch
verb
chase an animal up a tree
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Broader terms: chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track
verb
plant with trees
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Broader terms: plant, set
verb
force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape
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Synonyms: corner
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Broader terms: steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise
History
Topographic surname for someone who lived near a conspicuous tree.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *drew- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *trewą Proto-West Germanic *treu Old English trēow Middle English tre English tree PIE word *dóru From Middle English trau, tre, tree, treo, treou, trew, trewe, troe, trouȝh, trouȝgh, trow, trowe, from Old English trēo, trēow, trēu, trīo, trīow, trȳw (“tree; wood; forest; beam, cudgel, log; cross”), from Proto-West Germanic *treu, from Proto-Germanic *trewą (“tree”), from pre-Germanic *dréwom, thematic e-grade derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”). Related to tar, true. Cognates Cognate with Dutch teer (“tree”), Danish, Faroese, and Scanian træ (“tree; timber, wood”), Elfdalian trai (“tree; timber, wood”), Icelandic tré (“tree; wood”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk tre (“tree; wood”), Swedish trä (“wood; tree”), träd (“tree”), Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌿 (triu, “piece of wood”); also Breton derv (“oak”), Cornish dar (“oak”), Irish dair (“oak”), Manx darragh (“oak; oaken”), Scottish Gaelic darach (“oak”), Welsh dâr (“oak”), Ancient Greek δόρυ (dóru, “tree; wood; spear”) (whence Greek δόρυ (dóry, “pike, spear”)), Albanian dru (“tree; wood”), Latvian darva (“tar”), Lithuanian derva (“tar; resin”), Belarusian дзе́рава (dzjérava, “tree”), дрэ́ва (dréva, “tree; wood”), Czech drvo, dřevo (“wood”), Polish drzewo (“tree; wood”), Russian де́рево (dérevo), дре́во (drévo, “tree; wood”), Serbo-Croatian др̏во, drȇvo, drijȇvo, drȋvo, dȑvo (“tree; wood”), Slovak and Slovene drevo (“tree; wood”), Ukrainian де́рево (dérevo, “tree; wood”), Armenian տարր (tarr, “element; component”), Avestan 𐬛𐬁𐬎𐬭𐬎 (dāuru, “wood”), Central Kurdish and Persian دار (dâr, “tree; wood”), Northern Kurdish dar (“tree”), Zazaki dare (“tree”), Hittite 𒋫𒊒 (taru), 𒋫𒀀𒊒 (táru, “tree; wood”), Luwian 𒋫𒀀𒊒 (tāru, “wood”), Tocharian A and Tocharian B or (“wood”), Sanskrit दारु (dāru, “timber, wood”). Replaced alternative Middle English beem, from Old English bēam (see beam) and eclipsed non-native Middle English arbre, borrowed from Old French arbre.
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