tree
IPA: trˈi
noun
- A perennial woody plant taller and larger than a bush with a wooden trunk and, at some distance from the ground, leaves and branches.
- Any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree (in any botanical sense).
- An object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hooks or storage platforms.
- A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open.
- The structural frame of a saddle.
- (graph theory) A connected graph with no cycles or, if the graph is finite, equivalently a connected graph with n vertices and n−1 edges.
- (computing theory) A recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children.
- (graphical user interface) 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.
- Any structure or construct having branches representing divergence or possible choices.
- The structure or wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle used in horse riding.
- (in the plural, slang) Marijuana.
- (obsolete) A cross or gallows.
- (chemistry) A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution.
- (cartomancy) The fifth Lenormand card.
- (mathematics) An extremely fast-growing function based on Kruskal's tree theorem.
- A surname.
- (uncountable, mathematics) Alternative letter-case form of TREE. [(mathematics) An extremely fast-growing function based on Kruskal's tree theorem.]
- (mathematics) Alternative letter-case form of TREE [(mathematics) An extremely fast-growing function based on Kruskal's tree theorem.]
verb
- (transitive) To chase (an animal or person) up a tree.
- (transitive) To place in a tree.
- (transitive) To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree.
- (intransitive) To take refuge in a tree.
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Examples of "tree" in Sentences
- Green is the trees that blow in the wind.
- The tree is tall and in circumference at the base.
- This sculpture was based on the structure of a tree.
- The detailing was all based on features of the almond tree.
- However, the branches of young trees are green and pendulous.
- It forages on the ground or at the base of trees for insects.
- The temple is situated at the base of the auspicious Aswatha tree.
- The crown of the tree resembles the dark glossy green Black Bean tree.
- The village's escutcheon is of a green linden tree on a silver background.
- The American green tree frog is the state amphibian of Georgia and Louisiana.