¦ noun
1. a woody perennial plant typically with a single stem or trunk growing to a considerable height and bearing lateral branches.
2. a wooden structure or part of a structure.
archaic or literary the cross on which Christ was crucified.
archaic a gibbet.
3. (also tree diagram) a diagram with a structure of branching connecting lines, representing different processes and relationships.
¦ verb (trees, treeing, treed)
1. N. Amer. force (a hunted animal) to take refuge in a tree.
2. informal, chiefly US force into a difficult situation.
Phrases
out of one's tree informal mad.
Derivatives
treeless adjective
treelessness noun
tree-like adjective
Origin
OE treow, treo: from Gmc.