Friday, March 11, 2011

tree. (81/365)

for Misha's 365 ~ Trees Please:


Noun

  • S: (n) tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
  • S: (n) tree, tree diagram (a figure that branches from a single root) "genealogical tree"
  • S: (n) Tree, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917))

Verb

  • S: (v) corner, tree (force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape)
  • S: (v) tree (plant with trees) "this lot should be treed so that the house will be shaded in summer"
  • S: (v) tree (chase an animal up a tree) "the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it"; "her dog likes to tree squirrels"
  • S: (v) tree, shoetree (stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree)
Definition of "tree" from Princeton's WordNet


(Definition of "spork" = see #83.)

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