Tree (Verb)
Meaning 1
Chase an animal up a tree; "the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it"; "her dog likes to tree squirrels".
Classification
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.
Examples
- The hunters successfully treed the wild boar after a long and tiring pursuit.
- Her energetic terrier loves to tree those pesky raccoons in the backyard.
- Using skilled dogs, the trappers eventually treed the cunning fox.
- The hikers were shocked when the trackers treed the massive grizzly bear.
- The wild game wardens used their police dogs to tree the marauding feral hog.
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Meaning 2
Force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape.
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- The angry bull was treed in the corner of the corral by the skilled rodeo rider.
- The dogs treed the squirrel but couldn't get to it because of the thin branches.
- During the intense chase scene, the fugitive was treed by the detectives at the dead end of the alley.
- The wild animal was treed and then carefully tranquilized by the veterinarian.
- The aggressive bees treed the unsuspecting hikers in the dense forest until help arrived.
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Meaning 3
Plant with trees; "this lot should be treed so that the house will be shaded in summer".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The park has been treed with multiple native species to promote biodiversity and attract wildlife.
- This lot should be treed so that the house will be shaded in summer and will have better insulation.
- The neighborhood was treed with tall pines by a local environmental group to combat air pollution.
- We have decided to tree the hill behind the school, creating a natural play area for kids and a picturesque backdrop.
- The new subdivision will be treed along the main roads to enhance the aesthetic appeal of the community.
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Meaning 4
Stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree.
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- Use a shoetree to tree the worn-out shoe to its original shape.
- To maintain the shape of the expensive leather shoes, she chooses to tree them on a suitable shoetree.
- She didn't tree her new shoes, that's why they lost their shape so quickly.
- He found an old shoetree in his attic and decided to tree his favorite loafers with it.
- Tree your shoes on a shoetree after each use to help them last longer.