Collins English-English Dictionary

tree [triː]

1. 1. n any large woody perennial plant with a distinct trunk giving rise to branches or leaves at some distance from the ground

2. 2. n any plant that resembles this but has a trunk not made of wood, such as a palm tree

3. 3. n a wooden post, bar, etc

4. 4. n See family tree shoetree saddletree

5. 5. n [chem] a treelike crystal growth; dendrite

6. 6. n a branching diagrammatic representation of something, such as the grammatical structure of a sentence

7. 7. n (as modifier)

   a tree diagram

8. 8. n an archaic word for gallows

9. 9. n [archaic] the cross on which Christ was crucified

10. 10. vt. [tr] to drive or force up a tree

11. 11. vt. to shape or stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree

12. 12. vt. [Etymology] Old English treo; related to Old Frisian, Old Norse tre, Old Saxon trio, Gothic triu, Greek doru wood, drus tree